Legal migration

• Applications on registration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 56607
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) for foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 3580       
• Applications on establishment of the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan- 2244

Illegal migration

Number of decisions made on infringement of requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan -1696

• Out of 1126 decisions on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code

            899 - on leaving the country

            227 - on legalization of residence within the territory of the country

• Out of 506 - decisions on imposing restriction of entry to the territory of the country for violation of the relevant Articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses and the relevant articles of the Migration Code:
• 452 - on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code;

54 –on imposing ban on the entry of foreigners and stateless persons to the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Migration Code, including;

1 decision on infringement of requirements of Article 16.1.4 (in case person has been expelled from the Republic of Azerbaijan previously, if the restriction period to his/her entry to the country has not ended), 24 decisions - of Article 16.1.8 (when a person has been charged with administrative liabilities twice or more in the last 3 years), 3 decisions - of Article 79.1.1 (In case visa or decision on extension of temporary staying period or permit for permanent or temporary residence is cancelled) ,26 decisions - of other articles of Migration Code.

• Decisions on loss of permission documents for temporary and permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 27
• Decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon the place of stay, in a way envisaged by Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners and stateless persons residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan who provided them residential area– 23
• In the case of informations on the identification card or  name of the legal entity of foreigner and stateles person was changed or work permit lost, when the employer does not inform relevant executive authority within 5 business days and fail to submit application for reissuance or cancellation of such permission – 12

• Regarding violation of rules, defined by the Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on registration and deregistration of foreigners or stateless persons; issuance of documents entitling them to stay and reside in the Republic of Azerbaijan, by the officials of institutions, authorities and organizations which receives foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan, provides them with services and recruitment and executes duties related to following the conditions on their stay, residence and transit in/through the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 2

           During May 2018, 9322 calls were received by the Call Center of SMS.

Legal migration

• Applications on registration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 53.729
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) for foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 3.884
• Applications on establishment of the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 2.548

Illegal migration

Number of decisions made on infringement of requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 1.735

• Out of 962 decisions on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code
  • • 962 - on leaving the country;
    • 232 - on legalization of residence within the territory of the country
    • Among 489 – decisions on imposing ban to entry to the territory of the country for violation of the relevant Articles Code of Administrative Offenses and the relevant articles of the Migration Code:

• • • 495 - on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code;
    • 53 –on imposing ban to the entry of foreigners and stateless persons to the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Migration Code, including:

20 decisions on infringement of requirements of Article 16.1.4 (in case person has been expelled from the Republic of Azerbaijan previously, if the restriction period to his/her entry to the country has not ended), 14 decisions - of Article 16.1.8 (when a person has been charged with administrative liabilities twice or more in the last 3 years), 12 decisions – of Article 79.1.1 (In case visa or decision on extension of temporary staying period or permit for permanent or temporary residence is cancelled) ,7 decisions - of other articles of Migration Code.

• decisions on loss of permission documents for temporary and permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 20
• Decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon the place of stay, in a way envisaged by Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners and stateless persons residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan who gave residential area to them – 32

During April 2018, 8727 calls were received by the Call Center of SMS. 

Legal migration

• Applications on registration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 163.805
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) for foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 10.694
• Applications on establishment of the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 6.506

Illegal migration

Number of decisions made on infringement of requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 4.665

• Out of 2.856 decisions on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code
  • • 2.313 - on leaving the country;
    • 543 - on legalization of residence within the territory of the country
    • 1653 - decisions on imposing ban on the entry to the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code and the Migration Code;

• • • 1.333 - on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code;
    • 320 - of the decisions were on banning foreigners and stateless persons from entering the country for violation of the requirements of the relevant articles of the Migration Code:

204 decisions on infringement of requirements of Article 79.1.1 (if decision on extension of the validity of visa or temporary staying period or permission for temporary or permanent residence is cancelled), 59 decisions - of Article 16.1.8 (when a person has been charged with administrative liabilities twice or more in the last 3 years), 57 decisions - of other articles of Migration Code.

• decisions on loss of permission documents for temporary and permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 53
• Decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon the place of stay, in a way envisaged by Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners and stateless persons residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan who gave residential area to them – 92

During the first quarter, 2018, 24.197 calls were received by the Call Center of SMS. 

Legal migration

·         Applications on registration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 43.338

·         Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) for foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 3.462

·         Applications on establishment of the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 2.333

Illegal migration

Number of decisions made on infringement of requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 1.585

  Out of 900 decisions on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code

 712 - on leaving the country;

188 - on legalization of residence within the territory of the country

Out of 643 decisions on restriction of entry to the country

495 - on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Administrative Offences Code;

148 - for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Migration Code, including:

101 decisions on infringement of requirements of Article 79.1.1 (if decision on extension of the validity of visa or temporary staying period or permission for temporary or permanent residence is cancelled), 22 decisions - of Article 16.1.8 (when a person has been charged with administrative liabilities twice or more in the last 3 years), 25 decisions - of other articles of Migration Code.

- decisions on loss of permission documents for temporary and permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 10

- Decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon the place of stay, in a way envisaged by Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners and stateless persons residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan who gave residential area to them – 32

During February 2018, 8152 calls were received by the Call Center of SMS. 

Legal migration

·         Applications on registration of foreigners and stateless persons upon place of stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 55.962

·         Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 3.865

·         Applications on establishment of the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan – 31.507

Illegal migration

Decisions made on infringement of requirements of migration, as well as administrative legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 1.635

-       Out of 1.052 decisions on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country:

 865- on leaving the country

           187- on legalization of residence within the territory of the country

-       Decisions on imposition of penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 433

 -       Decisions on restriction of foreigners’ and stateless persons’ entry to the country for violating requirements of the relevant articles of Migration Code – 94, including:

 61 decisions on infringement of requirements of Article 79.1.1 (if decision on extension of the validity of visa or temporary staying period or permission for temporary or permanent residence is cancelled), 16 decisions - of Article 16.1.8 (when a person has been charged with administrative liabilities twice or more in the last 3 years), 17 decisions - of other articles of Migration Code.

-       Lost permits for temporary and permanent residence on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 25

-       Decisions on failing to take measures for timely registration and deregistration of foreigners and stateless persons upon the place of stay, in a way envisaged by Migration Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan, by citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan or foreigners and stateless persons residing in the Republic of Azerbaijan who gave residential area to them-31

 During January 2018, 8.625 calls were received by the Call Center of SMS. 

During January 2018, 1 awareness raising event and 1 mobile service was organized by the regional migration departments.

• Total number of applications received by the State Migration Service -106429
• Elicited facts on administrative violation - 26567
• Total number of applications about registration  upon place of stay - 678453 

Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 794.763
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 49.357
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 31.507

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 21.438

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 2.576
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 11.379
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 6.330
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 911
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 242

• Calls were received by the Call Center of the Service - 107.172 

Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 52.988
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 4.431
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 2.427

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 1.434

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 205
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 780
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 407
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 23 
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 19 

• Calls were received by the Call Center of the Service - 9.188

Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 633.827
• Applications on obtaining temporary (29.725) and permanent residence (3.785) permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 33.510
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 24.523

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 17.076

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 1.930
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 9.122
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 5.052
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 785
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 187

• Calls were received by the Call Center of the Service - 79.614

 Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 51.505
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 7.306
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 2.374 

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 1.603

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 242
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 794 
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 488
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 60 
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 19 

• Calls were received by the Call Center of the Service - 9.022

Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 113.982
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 3402
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 2965

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 2837

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 272
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 1375
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 969
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 197
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 24

Legal Migration

• Applications for registration upon place of stay of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 328.159
• Applications on obtaining temporary and permanent residence permits (extension of periods) of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan– 23.030
• Applications on establishment to the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan - 15.675

Illegal Migration

• The number of the decisions by foreigners and stateless persons in the field of migration of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as on infringement of requirements of administrative legislation - 9.299

Of these:

• Cases on legalization of residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan – 1.212
• Cases on imposition of the penalty without administrative expulsion from the territory of the country – 5.391
• Cases on imposition of the penalty with administrative expulsion from the territory of the country  - 2.302
• Regarding the restriction of arrival in the territory of country in accordance with Article 16.1.8 of Migration Code - 273
• Cases of loss of permit card for temporary and permanent residence in the Republic of Azerbaijan  – 121