Help-work permit renewal blood test?

bankadan


Joined: 14/12/2007
Posts: 979

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 09:51

Does anyone know please...my friends 2 year work permit is due to finish. When she renews does she have to have new blood tests done every 2 years for this, as you do not do this with residency each time do you?

Any advice very much appreciated.

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:18

My work permit is renewed every 2 years by the university and I don't have to have a blood test etc.

bankadan


Joined: 14/12/2007
Posts: 979

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:27

CC,

Thanks so much for your reply. She hates blood tests and usually passes out so I am sure this will be a huge relief.

She was worried as after her initial 1 year permit expired and she then got a 2year permit she DID have to have another test. Would that be because it was the first of her 2 year permits do you think?

Thanks!

Lizie


Joined: 02/09/2008
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:25

Yes you do need a new blood test to renew a work permit, odd as you do not need a new one to renew residency

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:42

Hello, lizzie.

bankadan


Joined: 14/12/2007
Posts: 979

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:48

Lizie, so why is it that Clarecat does not have to have the tests every 2 years, do you mean that you have to? So is it the company that you work for that decides not the work permit department rules.



Clarification would be great



Thanks

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 10:54

It is my understanding that the blood test is a strcit requirement every two years for renewal of work permits...



If this does not apply to someone who can show that they have not left the island in the intervening period, I don't know, maybe that's an exception which would, for once, make some sense... which would make a nice change.

bankadan


Joined: 14/12/2007
Posts: 979

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 11:07

Thanks. But, clarecat can you advise your circumstances as to why you do not have to get the tests please?

fire starter


Joined: 19/06/2008
Posts: 3401

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 11:32

i also think that everyone working in the food industry has to have one.



dan if your friend hates blood tests, sent them to girne hospital.

i am the same and in the uk all hospital have had problems taking my blood, i went to girne hospital ok the que is big, but i was in and out so fast.

no problems of getting the blood at all.

Lizie


Joined: 02/09/2008
Posts: 3

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 11:53

Hi bankadan,



I had a one year work permit to start and I renewed it last November and had to have another blood test, the first year you can only have a 1 year work permit then you can have a 2 year one. I dont know how Clarecat managed to renew without one.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 18:39

My understanding is you need a blood test if you work in an environment where food and drink may be handled. Otherwise not.



Certainly CC does not work in that environment.

airy____fairy


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 813

Message Posted:
18/12/2008 19:16

It is my understanding ( providing things have not changed since april) that you MUST have a medical report ( blood tests inc.) in order to obtain a work permit, the permit is renewable after 1 or 2 years depending on desired length of time ( renewals only ) . Also for certain trades eg if you are working in the food industry/ hairdressing/ beuauty (and some others) a medical report is required every 6 or 12 months ( for the beledeyesi depending on trade and which beledeyesi) is required. I hope this is of some help.

Lazy days


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 847

Message Posted:
19/12/2008 08:05

For the initial work permit, you get a blood test, after year one you get another, then every 2nd year you get one as your work permit usually is granted for two years after year one, however if you change jobs the whole procedure has to start again as work permits are not transferrable between employers

gates


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
19/12/2008 10:44

i renewed my work permit 2nd time they said i cant have 2 year work permit only 1 year i had to have blood test i hate them have to sit down crazy realy as my wife has residency only had 1st 1 no more they say its in case you have caught hebititas but supposing i caught it from a resident who had a blood test years ago i get chucked out they stay dont seem right i sopose i will have to have another this march hopfuly i can get a 2 year

ClaireCat44



Joined: 17/09/2008
Posts: 739

Message Posted:
19/12/2008 12:16

This is my eighth year working here as a teacher at Near East University and I only had a blood test when my first work permit was applied for. My last work permit was for 2 years and the university does all the paper work, payment on my behalf and I just pick up and pay for the permit in the office here.

mickey rourke


Joined: 27/08/2008
Posts: 157

Message Posted:
19/12/2008 14:55

oNE RULE FOR US COMMONERS - ONE RULE FOR THE UNI'S WHO EMPLOY PEOPLE - NO SURPRISE THERE THEN

zanky


Joined: 17/10/2008
Posts: 354

Message Posted:
19/12/2008 18:07

Just doing 2nd 2 year work permit at the moment, dont work with food but had to have blood tests again yesterday, not left the country during this period.