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

During the first half of 2020, 4754 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. 2239 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 1293 decisions on leaving the country by paying the penalty and 946 decisions on legalization of residence within the territory of the country.

Out of 2314 decisions on travel ban to the country 372 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 1942 decisions on violating requirements of the relevant Articles of the Migration Code.

120 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 the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners or stateless persons residing in the country who provide residential area to them.

51 decisions were made on violation of recruitment rules of foreigners and stateless persons. 2 decisions were made on violation of the rules established by the Migration Code on registration and deregistration of foreigners or stateless persons, issuance of documents entitling them to stay and reside in the country.

During first half of the year SMS received 105341 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.

124174 applications regarding registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons were registered during the relevant period.