ACQUISITION OF THE CITIZENSHIP OF UKRAINE AND THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE PASSPORT OF A FOREIGN STATE

The main normative legal acts on citizenship of Ukraine is the Law of Ukraine "On Citizenship of Ukraine" and the Decree of the President of Ukraine of March 27, 2001, No. 215 "Issues of Organization of Implementation of the Law of Ukraine" On Citizenship of Ukraine ", which approved the Procedure for Proceeding on Applications and Representations on Issues citizenship and implementation of decisions taken.

Registration of acquisition of citizenship of Ukraine is carried out exclusively on the initiative of the person. An application for citizenship of Ukraine can be filed not only by a stateless person, but also by a foreigner who undertakes to terminate a foreign citizenship within 2 years from the date of registration as a citizen of Ukraine.

Persons who have acquired the citizenship of Ukraine and have undertaken the obligation to terminate foreign citizenship are documented by temporary ID cards of a citizen of Ukraine for a period of up to 2 years. Passports of a citizen of Ukraine to such persons are issued only after the termination of their foreign citizenship or in the case of submitting declarations on the renunciation of foreign citizenship.

ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP OF UKRAINE ON TERRITORIAL ORIGIN

BASES FOR ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP OF UKRAINE:

In accordance with Article 8 of the Law of Ukraine "On Citizenship of Ukraine", a stateless person or a foreigner who has submitted a declaration (obligation) to terminate a foreign nationality and applied for the acquisition (nabuttya) of Ukrainian citizenship, as well as his underage children, are registered by citizens of Ukraine if such person (one of the options):

• at least one of his parents, grandfather or grandmother, relatives (full or partial), brother or sister, son or daughter, grandson or granddaughter were born or permanently resided until August 24, 1991 in the territory that became the territory of Ukraine in accordance with The Law of Ukraine on the Law of Ukraine "On the Succession of Ukraine";

• At least one of his parents, grandfather or grandmother, native (full and half-parent) brother or sister were born or permanently residing in other territories that were at the time of their birth or during their permanent residence in the Ukrainian People's Republic, the People's Republic, the Ukrainian State, the Ukrainian Socialist Soviet Republic, the Transcarpathian Ukraine, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainian SSR).

DETERMINE SOME CONCEPTS

independent from the person the reason for not receiving the document on the termination of foreign citizenship is the non-extradition of the document on the termination of citizenship in the period established by the legislation of a foreign state (with the exception of cases when the person was refused the termination of citizenship) or the absence in the person who has accepted the application for the termination of foreign citizenship the legislation of a foreign state of the procedure for the termination of his citizenship on the initiative of a person, or the high cost of issuing a foreign citizen ARISING exceeds mini real wages, established in Ukraine;

the declaration on the renunciation of foreign citizenship is a document in which a person certifies his refusal from the citizenship of another state and undertakes not to enjoy the rights of that state and not to fulfill the duties associated with belonging to her citizenship;

temporary identification of a citizen of Ukraine - a document proving his identity and confirming his belonging to the citizenship of Ukraine.

RETURN THE FOREIGN STATE PASSPORT TO AUTHORIZED BODIES

A person who has acquired the citizenship of Ukraine and has filed a declaration of renunciation of foreign citizenship, undertakes to return the passport of a foreign state to the authorized bodies of that state.

At the same time, there is no time limit when it is necessary to pass the passport of a foreign state to the authorized bodies, before the receipt of the Ukrainian passport or after.

The requirement to take an obligation to return a passport of a foreign state does not apply to persons who have been granted refugee status in Ukraine or asylum in Ukraine.

CANCELLATION OF DECISIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP OF UKRAINE

The decision to register the acquisition of the citizenship of Ukraine shall be canceled if the person acquired the citizenship of Ukraine in accordance with Articles 8 and 10 of this Law by fraud, due to the submission of knowingly false information or false documents, concealment of any material fact in the presence of which the person can not acquire the citizenship of Ukraine.

That is, the passport of a foreign state does not return to the authorized bodies is not a ground for canceling the decision on registration of the acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship.