OBS_VALUE: Until 2017, the RK authorities issued a work permit only if there were no local employees qualified for the vacancy. In order to obtain work permits, employers had also to comply with “special conditions”, i.e. provide advanced training to Kazakhstani employees and/or create additional jobs for Kazakh citizens, as determined by local authorities. These requirements were repealed under the new legislation (with the exception of intracorporate transferees). Additional source: Ruling On the approval of the rules for setting a quota for foreign workforce in the RK, rules of issuance of work permits to foreign employees and rules for engaging of foreign workforce by employers, Постановление Об утверждении Правил установления квоты на привлечение иностранной рабочей силы в Республику Казахстан, Правил и условий выдачи разрешений иностранному работнику на трудоустройство, а также работодателям на привлечение иностранной рабочей силы и иностранных работников, переводимых в рамках внутрикорпоративного перевода, № 45, adopted on 13 January 2012, repealed as of 01 January 2017, articles 12-17, http://adilet.zan.kz/rus/docs/P1200000045