About 1,500 foreigners expelled from Azerbaijan
By Nigar Abbasova
About 1,500 foreigners were expelled from Azerbaijan in April 2016 on the bass of 1,706 law breaches revealed by the county's State Migration Service.
Foreigners violated administrative legislative requirements such as rules of stay in the country as well as temporary and permanent residence procedures, Trend reports.
About 21 foreigners appealed with the request for issuance of new documents for temporary or permanent residency in the country by reason of their loss. Residence entitlement of 137 foreigners was legalized after fine imposition. 1,214 foreigners were expelled from the country within 48 hours. As many as 334 foreigners were expelled from the country in administrative order.
In total the State Migration Service of Azerbaijan has received 9,384 appeals from foreigners and stateless persons on the subjects of prolongation of the term of stay in the country, issuance of permanent or temporary permits, acquisition, restoration and revocation of citizenship, determination of citizenship and refugee status, issuance and prolongation of labor activity licenses. The State Migration Service registered about 39,935 appeals from foreigners in connection with the registration upon place of stay in the last month.
The law in effect envisages that foreigners, stateless persons and citizens of other countries willing to stay in the country more than 30 days should be registered by the relevant department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In order to obtain a permit for temporary residence in the country foreigners and stateless persons should apply to the State Migration Service at least 22 working days before the expiry of the term of temporarily residence in the country.
The State Migration Service examined all appeals and took appropriate measures in accordance with the legislation of the country.
The State Migration Service is a special state authority implementing unified state policy in the migration sphere. Decree on establishment of State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan was signed on March 19, 2007. The Service is also concerned in the implementation of measures aimed at prevention of illegal migration.
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