Statistics of the State Migration Service for the first quarter of 2020

During the first quarter of 2020, 3389 decisions were made by the State Migration Service for violation of the requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 1685 decisions were on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for infringement of the requirements of relevant Articles of the Administrative Offences Code, including 1120 decisions on leaving the country and 565 decisions on legalization of residence within the territory of the country.

Out of 1558 decisions on travel ban to the country 351 decisions were on imposition of penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for infringement of the requirements of relevant Articles of the Administrative Offences Code and 1207 decisions on violating requirements of the relevant Articles of the Migration Code.

69 decisions were made on loss of permission cards for temporary and permanent residence, 28 decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay, in a way envisaged by the Migration Code, by citizens of Azerbaijan or foreigners or stateless persons residing in the country who provide residential area to them.

48 decisions were made on violation of recruitment rules of foreigners and stateless persons.

SMS received 40738 applications on extension of temporary staying period, issuance of temporary and permanent residence permits, acquisition, restoration and revocation of citizenship, establishment of citizenship and determination of refugee status, as well as issuance of work permits for carrying out labor activity and extension of the validity of existing ones. Each application was investigated individually in accordance with the requirements of the legislation and relevant decisions were made.

119874 applications regarding registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons were registered during the relevant period.