Considering the immigration of foreign citizens in Azerbaijan for a number of reasons the legal legislation of migration has adopted changes in the law of Immigration.
As reported on the Trend’s news website the amendments in the law will facilitate the foreign citizens to enter and stay in the country as well as abolishing bureaucracies on documentation processes.
According to the new decree number 190 dated 10.072018 of the president of Azerbaijan Republic, new amendments will comprise the following rules:
- the registration of foreign citizens who stay more than 15 days;
- the removal of bans for foreign citizens to travel the country after elimination of problems, such as refusal to permit to stay and work in the country;
- cancellation of the provision that prohibited the foreign citizens for 5 years to travel the country if involved in the administrative liability for infringement of law over 3 consecutive times;
- immediate withdrawal of the restriction upon entering the country after payment of the administrative fine;
- facility for applying to the State Migration Service with the appropriate application form without submitting additional documents to obtain a temporary residence permit for foreign citizens who have been denied residence permits;
In order to ensure transparency, convenience in the registration process of the foreign citizens, to minimize long queues and increase the customer satisfaction the Presidential Decree No. 313 of October 26, 2018 "On Citizens Service and Social Innovations under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan The Presidential Decree No. 706 of September 5, 2012 on the provision of the State Agency's activity has been amended and added in the paragraph 5.11-2 in the decree. The registration of foreigners in Azerbaijan is carried out by Easy Service Centers.