The Saeima1 has adopted and

the President has proclaimed the following law:

 

Citizenship Law2

 

Chapter One

 

General Provisions

 

Terms Used in this Law

 

Alien -a citizen (national) of a foreign state.

 

Stateless person -a person who is not considered a citizen (national) in accordance

with the laws of any state.3

 

Dual citizenship -the holding by a person of citizenship (nationality) of more than one

state.

 

Naturalisation -admission to citizenship.

 

Descendants -descending kin in a direct line.

 

Non-citizen -a person who, in accordance with the law "On the Status of those

Former U.S.S.R. Citizens who do not have the Citizenship of Latvia or that of any

Other State", has the right to a non-citizen passport issued by the Republic of Latvia.4

 

Section 1.  Latvian Citizenship

 

(1) Latvian citizenship is the enduring legal connection of a person with the State of

Latvia.

(2) The content of Latvian citizenship is foffi1ed by the entirety of mutually related

rights and obligations between citizen and State.

 

Section 2.  The Holding of Latvian Citizenship

 

Latvian citizens are:

1) persons who were Latvian citizens on 17 June 1940, and their descendants who

have registered in accordance with the procedures set out in law, except persons who

have acquired the citizenship (nationality) of another state after 4 May 1990;

 

1.1) Latvians and Livs whose pern1anent place of residence is Latvia, who have

registered in accordance with the procedures set out in law and who do not have

citizenship (nationality) of another state, or who have received an expatriation pern1it

from the state of their forn1er citizenship (nationality), if such pern1it is provided for

by the laws of that state;5

 

1.2) women, whose permanent place of residence is Latvia and who, in accordance

with Section 7 of the "Law on Nationality" of the Republic of Latvia, 23 August 1919,

had lost their Latvian citizenship (nationality) and their descendants, if these persons

have registered in accordance with the procedures set out in law, except for persons

who have acquired the citizenship (nationality) of another state after 4 May 1990;6

 

1.3) persons whose permanent place of residence is Latvia, who have registered in

accordance with .the procedures set out in law, and who have completed a full

educational course in general education schools in which the language of instruction is

Latvian, or in two-stream general education schools, in the Latvian stream, having

acquired a primary or general secondary education in these schools, if these persons

do not have the citizenship (nationality) of another state, or if they have received an

expatriation permit from the state of their former citizenship (nationality), if such

permit is provided for by the laws of that state. Their minor children up to the age of

fifteen who permanently reside in Latvia shall also acquire citizenship at the same

time as these persons; 7

 

2) persons who have acquired Latvian citizenship by naturalisation or otherwise in

accordance with the procedures set out in law;

 

3) children who are found in the territory of Latvia and whose parents are unknown;

 

4) children who have no parents and who live in an orphanage or a boarding school in

Latvia; and

 

5) children born of parents both of whom were citizens of Latvia at the time of such

birth, irrespective of the place of birth of such children. .

 

Section 3.  Citizenship of a Child if One Parent is a Latvian Citizen

 

(1) If, at the moment of the birth of the child, one of their parents is a Latvian citizen,

but the other is an alien, the child shall be a Latvian citizen, if the child:

 

1) was born in Latvia; or

 

2) was born outside Latvia, but at the moment of the birth of the child, the permanent

place of residence of the parents, or that parent with whom the child is living, was in

Latvia.

 

(2) In the aforementioned cases, the parents may, having mutually agreed, choose the

citizenship (nationality) of the other (not Latvian) state for their child.

 

(3) If, at the moment of the birth of the child, one of the parents is a Latvian citizen,

but the other is an alien, and the permanent place of residence of both parents is

outside Latvia, the parents shall determine the citizenship (nationality) of the child by

mutual agreement.

 

(4) If, at the moment of the birth of the child, one parent is a Latvian citizen, but the

other parent is a stateless person, or is unknown, the child shall be a Latvian citizen

irrespective of the place of birth.

 

Section 3.1.  Citizenship of a Child Born in Latvia after 21 August 1991 to

Persons who are Stateless Persons or Non-citizens8

 

(1) A child who is born in Latvia after 21 August 1991, shall be acknowledged as a

Latvian citizen in accordance with the procedures set out in Paragraphs two or three of

this Section, if they comply with all the following requirements:

1) their permanent place of residence is Latvia;

 

2) they have not been sentenced to more than five years imprisonment in Latvia or in

any other state for committing a crime; and

 

3) they have, prior to that, been stateless persons or non-citizens for the entire time.

 

(2) Until the moment a child has reached the age of 15 years, an application for

acquisition of citizenship may be submitted by:

1) both parents of a child, if they are registered in the Population Register and are

stateless persons or non-citizens who have, until the time of submission of the

application, been permanently resident in Latvia for not less than the preceding five

years (for persons who arrived in Latvia after 1 July 1992, the five-year time period

shall be calculated from the day a permanent residence permit is obtained);

 

2) the mother of a child, if she is registered in the Population Register and is a

stateless person or a non-citizen who has, until the time of submission of the

application, been permanently resident in Latvia for not less than the preceding five

years (for persons who arrived in Latvia after 1 July 1992, the five-year time period

shall be calculated from the day a permanent residence permit" is obtained), and if

there is no entry regarding the father in the birth record of the child, or such record has been made on the instructions of the mother;

 

3) one of the parents of a child, if the parent is registered in the Population Register

and is a stateless person or non-citizen who has, until the time of submission of the

application, been permanently resident in Lat,'ia for not less than the preceding five

years (for persons who arrived in Latvia after 1 July 1992, the five-year time period

shall be calculated from the day a permanent residence permit is obtained), but the

other parent of the child is deceased; or

4) the adopter of a child, if they are registered in the Population Register and are

stateless persons or non-citizens who have, until the time of submission of the

application, been permanently resident in Latvia for not less than the preceding five

years (for persons who arrived in Latvia after 1 July 1992, the five-year time period

shall be calculated from the day a permanent residence permit is obtained).

 

(3) If persons, who have the right to submit an application regarding the

acknowledgement of a child as a citizen of Latvia, have not done so, a minor, upon

attaining the age of 15 years, has the right to acquire Latvian citizenship in accordance

with the procedures set out in this Section, by submitting one of the following

documents:

l) a document which verifies that the minor has acquired specialised secondary

education or vocational education (vocational secondary school, vocational

gymnasium, vocational school) with Latvian as the language of instruction; or

 

2) a document which certifies, in accordance with the procedures set out in Sections

19 and 20 of this Law, that the minor is fluent in the Latvian language.

 

(4) Persons who have the right to submit an application regarding the

acknowledgement of a child as a Latvian citizen, shall submit it in accordance with

the procedures and form prescribed by the Cabinet, including in such application their

certification that they will help the child master the Latvian language as the Official

language, and acquire an education and will instil in the child a respect for and loyalty

to the Republic of Latvia.

 

(5) The opportunities for acquiring citizenship provided by this Section may be

utilised by a person until they attain the age of 18 years.

 

Section 4.  Equality of Latvian Citizens

 

Latvian citizens have equal rights and obligations irrespective of the manner in which

they have acquired citizenship.

 

Section 5. The Right to Retain Latvian Citizenship after Marriage

 

(1) The marriage of a Latvian citizen to an alien or a stateless person, as well as the

dissolution of such a marriage, does not effect a change in the citizenship of Latvian

citizens.

 

(2) The citizenship of a spouse does not change upon acquisition or loss of Latvian

citizenship by the other spouse.

 

Section 6. Retention of Latvian Citizenship by Persons Residing Outside the

Territory of Latvia

 

Residence by Latvian citizens outside the territory of Latvia does not effect a loss of

Latvian citizenship, except in cases provided for by this Law.9

 

Section 7.  Protection of Latvian Citizens Abroad

 

Latvian citizens abroad are under the protection of the State of Latvia.

 

Section 8.  Latvian Citizens not Permitted to be Extradited to Foreign States

or Expelled from the State

 

(1) The Republic of Latvia shall not extradite its citizens to foreign states.

 

(2) Latvian citizens may not be expelled from Latvia.

 

Section 9.  Dual Citizenship

 

(1) Dual citizenship may not be effected respecting a person who is admitted to

Latvian citizenship.

 

(2) If a Latvian citizen may, in accordance with the laws of a foreign state, be

simultaneously considered also a citizen (national) of that state, in legal relations with

the Republic of Latvia they shall be considered solely as a Latvian citizen.

 

Chapter Two

 

Regulations and Procedures for Naturalisation

 

Section 10.  The Right to Acquire Citizenship through Naturalisation

Procedures

A person may, upon their request, be admitted to Latvian citizenship through

naturalisation procedures.

 

Section 11.  Restrictions on Naturalisation

 

(1) Persons shall not be admitted to Latvian citizenship who:

1) have, by unconstitutional methods, acted against the independ~nce of the Republic

of Latvia, the democratic parliamentary structure of the State or the existing State

power in Latvia, if such has been established by a judgment of a court;

2) after 4 May 1990, have propagated fascist, chauvinist, national-socialist,

communist or other totalitarian ideas or incited ethnic or racial hatred or discord, if

such has been established by a judgment of a court;

3) are officials of state power, administration or law-enforcement institutions of a

foreign state;

4) serve in the armed forces, internal military forces, security service or police

(militia) of some foreign state;

5) after 17 June 1940, have chosen the Republic of Latvia as their place of residence

directly after demobilization from the armed forces of the U.S.S.R.1O (Russia) or the

internal military forces of the U.S.S.R. (Russia), and who did not, on the day of their

conscription into service or enlistment, permanently reside in Latvia. This restriction

shall not apply to persons specified in Section 13, Paragraph one, Clauses 6 and 7, and

Paragraph five;11

6) have been employees, informers, agents or safehouse keepers of the U.S.S.R.

(L.S.S.R.12) K.G.B.13, or of the security service, intelligence service or other special

service of some other foreign state, if this fact has been established in accordance with

the procedures prescribed by law;

7) have been punished in Latvia or some other state for committing an offence which

is also a crime in Latvia at the moment this Law comes into force; 14 or

8) after 13 January 1991, have worked against the Republic of Latvia in the C.P.S.U.15

(L.C.p.16), the Working People's International Front of the Latvian S.S.R., the United

Council of Labour Collectives, the Organisation of War and Labour Veterans, the A1l-

Latvia Salvation of Society Committee or their regional committees or the Union of

Communists of Latvia. 17

(2) If a person who has submitted an application for naturalisation may be held

criminally liable, or the verification procedure with regard to establishing the fact of

co-operation with K.G.B. has been instituted regarding them, the examination of the

application shall be stayed until a judgment of a court comes into effect or the case has

been dismissed. 18

 

Section 12. General Provisions for Naturalisation

 

(1) Only those persons who are registered in the Population Register may be admitted

to Latvian citizenship through naturalisation procedures and:

1) whose peffi1anent place of residence, as of the day of submission an application for

naturalisation, has been in Latvia for not less than five years calculated from 4 May

1990 (for persons who arrived in Latvia after 1 July 1992, the five-year period shall be

calculated from the moment a permanent residence permit is obtained);

 

2) who are fluent in the Latvian language;

 

3) who know the basic principles of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and the

Constitutional Law "Rights and Obligations ofa Citizen and a Person";

 

4) who know the text of the National Anthem and the history of Latvia;

 

5) who have a legal source of income;

 

6) who have given a pledge of loyalty to the Republic of Latvia;

 

7) who have submitted a notice regarding the renunciation of their former citizenship

(nationality) and have received an expatriation permit from the state of their former

citizenship (nationality), if such permit is provided for by the laws of that state, or

have received a document certifying the loss of citizenship (nationality ), or, if they are citizens of the former U.S.S.R. whose permanent place of residence on 4 May 1990

was in Latvia, a certificate that they have not acquired the citizenship (nationality) of

another state; 19 and

8) who are not subject to the naturalisation restrictions specified in Section 11 of this

Law.

 

(2) Only those persons who meet all of the requirements set out in Paragraph one of

this Section may be admitted to Latvian citizenship through naturalisation procedures.

 

(3) The notice regarding renunciation of their former citizenship, expatriation permit

or document certifying the loss of citizenship (nationality) shall be submitted after a

person has been officially notified that there are no other impediments to their

admission to Latvian citizenship.20

 

(4) The procedure for testing knowledge of the basic principles of the Constitution of

the Republic of Latvia and the Constitutional Law "Rights and Obligations of a

Citizen and a Person", the text of the National Anthem and the history of Latvia shall

be determined by regulations of the Cabinet.21

 

(5) Upon submitting an application for naturalisation, a person shall pay the State fee,

in the amount specified by the Cabinet.

 

(6) Persons whose applications regarding matters of citizenship have been rejected,

may resubmit them a year after the previous decision was taken.

 

Section 13.  Admission to Citizenship for Special Meritorious Service for the

Benefit of Latvia22

 

(1) A person who has rendered special meritorious service for the benefit of Latvia,

but who does not have the right to naturalisation in accordance with the general

procedures provided for in this Law, may be admitted to Latvian citizenship by a

decision of the Saeima which shall be published in the official newspaper. The

provisions of Section 12 (except for Paragraph one, Clause 7) of this Law shall not

apply to a person in regard to their admission to citizenship on the basis of special

meritorious service for the benefit of Latvia.

 

(2) A person who wishes to be admitted to the citizenship of Latvia on the basis of

special meritorious service for the benefit of Latvia shall submit to the Saeima an

application for admission to citizenship. An autobiography of the person concerned

and a notice stating that there are no facts which could evidence that any of the

restrictions of Article II of this Law are applicable to this person shall be attached to

the application.

 

Section 14. General Procedures for Naturalisation23

 

(1) Applications by persons who have attained the age of fifteen years for admission to

Latvian citizenship shall be examined in the order of their submission in accordance

with the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of this Law.

 

(2) If an applicant expresses a wish therefor, examination outside of the general order

may be made of applications which have been submitted by:

1) Latvians and Livs who are repatriating to Latvia;

2) persons who, on 17 June 1940, were citizens of Lithuania or Estonia and the

descendants of such persons, if these persons or their descendants have been

permanently resident in Latvia for not less than five years as of the date of submission

of the application for naturalisation;

3) persons who, on 1 September 1939, were citizens of Poland and the descendants of

such persons, if these persons or their descendants have been permanently resident in

Latvia for not less than five years as of the date of submission of the application for

naturalisation; and

4) persons who have been married to a citizen of Latvia for not less than ten years and

who have been permanently resident in Latvia for not less than five years as of the

date of submission of the application for naturalisation.

 

Section 15.  Naturalisation of Children

 

(1) At the same time as the naturalised person, their minor children up to the age of

sixteen years who permanently reside in Latvia also acquire Latvian citizenship. This

also applies to adopted children and children born outside of marriage. The provisions

of Section 12 of this Law shall not be applied to minor children regarding their being

admitted to Latvian citizenship.24

 

(2) If one of the parents is naturalised in Latvia, but the other parent remains an alien,

their minor child shall acquire Latvian citizenship if:

 

1) the parents agree regarding it; or

 

2) the parents have not attained agreement, but the permanent place of residence of the

child is in Latvia.

 

(3) if a minor alien (stateless person) is adopted by a married couple, of whom one is a

Latvian citizen, but the other is an alien, the child shall acquire Latvian citizenship if:

 

1) the adopters agree regarding it; or

 

2) the permanent place of residence of the child is in Latvia.

 

(4) In case of annulment of the adoption, the citizenship of the child may be changed.

 

Section 16.  Necessity of Receiving the Consent of a Minor to Change their

Citizenship

 

(1) The citizenship (nationality) of a minor from 14 years up to 18 years of age may

be changed in accordance with the citizenship (nationality) of their parents (adopters)

only with the written consent of the minor.

 

(2) If the citizenship (nationality) of a minor has been changed in accordance with the

citizenship (nationality) of their parents (adopters) without the written consent of the

minor, the minor has the right, within a year after their coming of age, to renew

Latvian citizenship irrespective of the period of residence in Latvia.

 

(3) If a marriage has been entered into between a citizen of Latvia and an alien, and

the child has acquired the citizenship (nationality) of a foreign state, then, upon

coming of age, the condition of Section 12, Paragraph one, Clause 1, shall not apply to

their naturalisation.

 

Section 17.  Procedures for the Receipt and Examination of Applications for

Naturalisation25

 

(1) The Naturalisation Board shall receive and examine applications for naturalisation.

 

(2) The procedures for receiving and examining applications shall be determined by

regulations of the Cabinet. Applications shall be examined and an answer given to the

applicant not later than one year after the day all documents specified in the

regulations of the Cabinet are submitted.  A decision regarding admission to

citizenship shall be taken by the Cabinet.

 

(3) A decision of the Naturalisation Board regarding refusal of naturalisation may be

appealed to a court.

 

Section 18.  Pledge of Loyalty to the Republic of Latvia upon Acquiring

Latvian Citizenship

 

All persons who are admitted to Latvian citizenship shall sign the following pledge

regarding loyalty to the Republic of Latvia:

"I, (given name, surname) born (place of birth, date of birth), pledge that I will be

loyal only to the Republic of Latvia.26

 

I undertake to fulfill the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Latvia in good faith

and with all vigour to protect them.

 

I undertake, without regard to my life, to defend the independence of the State of

Latvia and to live and work in good faith, in order to increase the prosperity of the

State of Latvia and of the people."

 

Chapter Three

Procedures for Testing Knowledge27

 

 

Section 19.  Testing Fluency in the Latvian Language28

 

Fluency in the Latvian language shall be tested in accordance with procedures

prescribed by the Cabinet .29

 

Section 20.  Level of Fluency in the Latvian Language

 

A person is fluent in the Latvian language if they:

 

1) completely understand information of a social and official nature;

 

2) can freely tell about, converse and answer questions regarding topics of a social

nature;

 

3) can fluently read and understand any instructions, directions and other text of a

social nature;30 and

 

4) can write an essay on a topic of a social nature given by the Commission.31

 

Section 21.  Exemptions from the Testing of Knowledge32

 

(1) Persons who have acquired primary , secondary or higher education in educational

institutions in which the Latvian language is the language of instruction shall be

exempt from the test for fluency in the Latvian language.

 

(2) The Cabinet shall prescribe special procedures for testing the knowledge of

persons who have been declared disabled.

 

(3) The provisions of Section 20, paragraph four of this Law do not apply to persons

who have attained the age of 65.

 

Chapter Four

Loss and Restoration of Latvian Citizenship

 

 

Section 22. Loss of Latvian Citizenship

 

The reason for loss of Latvian citizenship may be

 

1) renunciation of citizenship; or

 

2) revocation of citizenship.

 

Section 23.  Renunciation of Latvian Citizenship

 

(1) Any person who has the citizenship (nationality) of another state, or has been

guaranteed the citizenship (nationality) of another state, has the right to renounce

Latvian citizenship.

 

(2) An application to renounce citizenship may be denied if:

 

1) the person has unfulfilled obligations towards the State; or

 

2) the person has not fulfilled mandatory active military service obligations.33

 

(3) A decision regarding denial of an application for renunciation may be appealed to

a court.

 

Section 24.  Revocation of Latvian Citizenship

 

(1) Latvian citizenship may be revoked by a decision of a Regional Court, if a

person:34

 

1) has acquired the citizenship (nationality) of another state without submitting an

application regarding renunciation of Latvian citizenship;

 

2) is serving in the armed forces, internal military forces, security service, police

(militia), or is employed in a juridical institution, of a foreign state, without

permission from the Cabinet; or

 

3) has knowingly provided false infofll1ation when verifying a right to hold Latvian

citizenship or during naturalisation and, in that way, has obtained Latvian citizenship

without there being a basis therefor.35

 

(2) The revocation of Latvian citizenship shall not affect the citizenship of the spouse,

children or other family members of such person.

 

Section 25  Restoration of Latvian Citizenship

 

(1) Latvian citizenship of a person who has lost Latvian citizenship as a result of the

choice made by their parents or adopters, legal error or an illegal revocation of

citizenship may, at their request, be restored by a decision of the Cabinet.

 

(2) A person whose Latvian citizenship has been revoked in accordance with Section

24 of this Law, may be admitted to Latvian citizenship only in accordance with the

naturalisation procedure and not earlier than after five years of permanent residence in

Latvia calculated from the day of revocation of Latvian citizenship.

 

Section 26.  Documentation Procedures Regarding Loss and Restoration of

Latvian Citizenship

 

Documentation procedures regarding loss and restoration of Latvian citizenship shall

be determined by regulations of the Cabinet.

 

Chapter Five

Final Provisions

 

Section 27. Personal Identification Documents Certifying Latvian Citizenship

 

The personal identification documents certifying Latvian citizenship are a passport of

the Republic of Latvia, as well as a certificate issued by diplomatic or consular offices

of the Republic of Latvia.

 

Section 28.  Application of International Agreements

 

If an international agreement which has been ratified by the Saeima sets out provisions

other than those contained in this Law, the provisions of the international agreement

are applicable.

 

Section 29.  Monitoring Compliance with the Citizenship Law

 

Parliamentary monitoring of compliance with the Citizenship Law shall be carried out

by a special committee of the Saeima.

 

Transitional provisions

 

1. Citizens of Latvia and their descendants who, during the period from 17 June 1940

to 4 May 1990, left Latvia as refugees, in order to escape the terror of the occupation

regimes of the U.S.S.R. and Germany, were deported, or due to the aforesaid reasons

have not been able to return to Latvia and have become naturalised during this time in

a foreign state, retain their right to register in the Population Register as citizens of

Latvia, and after registration shall, to the full extent, enjoy the rights of citizens and

fulfill the obligations of citizens, if registration occurs by 1 July 1995. If such persons

register after 1 July 1995, they shall renounce the citizenship (nationality) of the

foreign state.

 

2. The provisions of Section 24, paragraph two of this Law do not apply to those

citizens of Latvia who have dual citizenship, if their permanent place of residence is

outside the territory of Latvia.

 

3. Persons who had, by the moment this Law came into force, been registered or had

applied to be registered as citizens of Latvia in accordance with paragraph 3.2. of the

15 October 1991 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Resolution "On the Renewal of

the Rights of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia and the Fundamental Provisions for

Naturalisation" (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdibas Zinotajs, 1991 ,

No.43) and the 28 October 1992 Resolution "On the Conditions for the Recognition

of the Rights of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia Regarding Persons who were

Resident within the Borders of Latvia before 1 August 1914, and their Descendants"

(Latvijas Republikas AugstGkGs Padomes un Valdibas Zinotajs, 1992, J\-o. 46/47/48),

are declared citizens of Latvia, and their registration may not be annulled, except in

the cases provided for by this Law,

 

4. With the coming into force of this Law, the following laws and regulations are

repealed: the 15 October 1991 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Resolution "On

the Renewal of the Rights of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia and the Fundamental

Provisions for Naturalisation" (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdibas

Zinotajs, 1991, No, 43); the 27 November 1991 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council

Resolution "On the Application to Citizens of the Republic of Latvia Residing in

Foreign State of the 15 October 1991 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Resolution

'On the Renewal of the Rights of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia and Fundamental

Provisions for Naturalisation"' (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdfbas

Zinotajs, 1991, No, 49/50); the 28 October 1992 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council

Resolution "On the Conditions for the Recognition of the Rights of Citizens of the

Republic of Latvia Regarding Persons who were Resident within the borders of Latvia

before 1 August 1914, and their Descendants" (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas

Padomes un Valdlbas Zinotajs, 1992, No, 46/47/48); the 28 October 1992 Republic of

Latvia Supreme Council Resolution "On Supplements and Amendments to the 15

October 1991 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Resolution 'On the Renewal of

Rights of Citizens of the Republic of Latvia and Fundamental Provisions for

Naturalisation "' (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdlbas Zinotajs, 1992,

No. 46/47/48); the 2 February 1993 Republic of Latvia Supreme Council Resolution

"On 'Temporary By-laws concerning the Procedures by which Republic of Latvia

Citizens who Renounce Republic of Latvia Citizenship Lose Republic of Latvia

Citizenship"' (Latvijas Republikas Augstakas Padomes un Valdlbas Zinotajs, 1993,

No. 7); and the law "Amendments to the 2 February 1993 Republic of Latvia Supreme

Council approved 'Temporary By-laws concerning the Procedures by which Republic

of Latvia Citizens who Renounce Republic of Latvia Citizenship Lose Republic of

Latvia Citizenship"' (Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Zinotajs,

1993, No.34).

 

The State fee paid by persons who conform to the categories specified in Section 2,

Paragraphs 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 for examination of a naturalisation application, shall be

reimbursed to them.36

 

1. Section 3.1 of the Citizenship Law shall come into force on 1 January 1999.37

 

2. Amendments effected by this Law to Section 20, Clause 4 and Section 21

Paragraph two of the Citizenship Law shall come into force on 1 September 1998.38

 

3. The naturalisation of persons which was commenced on the basis of the conditions

specified in Section 13 of the Citizenship Law (as was in force prior to the law of 22

June 1998) regarding extraordinary naturalisation shall be continued in accordance

with the previous procedures.39

 

This Law has been adopted by the Saeima on 22 June 1994

 

President

Riga, 11 August 1994

G. Ulmanis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 The Parliament of the Republic of Latvia

2 Text consolidated by Tulko~anas un terminologijas centrs/Translation and Terminology Centre; amendments to 22 June 1998

3 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

4 Added by amendment, 22 June 1998

5 Added by amendment, 16 March 1995; modified by amendment, 6 February 1997

6 Added by amendment, 16 March 1995

7 Added by amendment, 16 March 1995; modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

8 Added by amendment, 22 June 19989 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

9 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

10 The former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

11 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995

12 The forme;Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

13 Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti (Committee of State Security)

14 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

15 The former Communist Party of the Soviet Union

16 The former Latvian Communist Party

17 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

18 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

19 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

20 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

21 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995 and 22 June 1998

22 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995 and 22 June 1998

23 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

24 Modified by amendment, 6 February 1997 and 22 June 1998

25 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995 and 6 February 1997

26 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995

27 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

28 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

29 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

30 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

31 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

32 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995 and 22 June 1998

33 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

34 Modified by amendment, 16 March 1995 and 22 June 1998

35 Modified by amendment, 22 June 1998

36 Added by amendment, 16 March 1995

37 Added by amendment, 22 June 1998

38 Added by amendment, 22 June 1998

39 Added by amendment, 22 June 1998