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State Migration Service expels over 3,000 foreigners

9 July 2014 13:00 (UTC+04:00)
State Migration Service expels over 3,000 foreigners

By Jamila Babayeva

Azerbaijani State Migration Service received 100,660 applications by foreigners upon registration on place of stay in June 2014.

Some 4,356 cases concerning infringement of requirements of administrative legislation by foreigners and stateless persons without observing rules of stay, temporary and permanent residence in Azerbaijan have been revealed, the service reported.

In addition, lost documents of 11 foreigners for temporary or permanent residence were replaced with new ones. 305 of them were fined and their residence in the country was legalized. Decisions were made on 3,282 foreigners to leave the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 48 hours and on 758 foreigners to be removed in administrative order from the country.

The State Migration Service received 6,594 applications on extension of temporary staying period, granting temporary and permanent residence permissions, adoption, revocation and restoration of citizenship, as well as determination of citizenship and refugee status, issuing work permits for carrying out labor activity and extending period of existing work permits from foreigners and stateless persons during the month.

In 2013, Azerbaijan State Migration Service issued temporary residence permits for 40,800 foreigners and stateless persons and permanent residence for 2,338 foreigners and persons without citizenship while stay of 729 people were extended in the country.

In this period 9,021 people got permission to work, while similar permission was extended for 3,647 people and stay of 3,007 foreigners in Azerbaijan were legalized. Furthermore, 399,927 foreigners appealed for registration of residence in the State Migration Service.

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