Foreigners registered in compulsory social insurance increase in number
By Nigar Orujova
The number of foreigners registered through the individual registration system of the State Social Protection Fund (SSPF) grew by 8.1 percent in the first quarter of 2013 in Azerbaijan, the fund reported on Wednesday.
Individual registration envisages the organization and accounting of data about each insured person to provide pension and other social security rights in accordance with the laws of the country.
As of April 1, the number of foreigners registered through the individual registration system has grown to 14,864 people from 13,744 in 2012, the report said.
According to the report, the number of foreigners registered on individual accounting system made up 1,120 people in January-March 2013, while 1,520 foreigners registered in the same period in 2012.
Foreigners registered under the individual registration system in Azerbaijan are the citizens of 97 countries. The majority of them are the citizens of Turkey (8,640 people). Georgia is ranked the second on this list with 1,659 citizens, and Russia is third with 756 people.
They are followed by the citizens of Iran (487), India (352), China (338), Great Britain and Northern Ireland (218), Uzbekistan (174), Pakistan (139), Germany (132), Bosnia and Herzegovina (128), Ukraine (125), Philippines (117), Italy (105) people, Turkmenistan (101), Kazakhstan (970, Malaysia (90), USA (87) people amongst others.
A decree of the Azerbaijani president on the endorsement of the law 'On individual registration in the state social insurance system' was signed in December 2001.
Compulsory state social insurance's coverage of foreigners, receiving salaries from sources of income in Azerbaijan as well as income, from which contributions are paid on compulsory social insurance, started in January 2006.