The agreement between the Kyrgyz Republic and Ukraine on the simplified procedure for change of nationality by the citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic who are constantly living in Ukraine and the citizens of Ukraine who are constantly living in the Kyrgyz Republic, and prevention of cases of statelessness and double citizenship

of January 28, 2003

The Kyrgyz Republic and Ukraine which are hereinafter referred to as with "Contracting parties"

proceeding from aspiration of two countries to preserving and consolidation of historically developed friendly bonds concerning providing to their citizens of human rights and freedoms,

wishing to provide favorable conditions for realization them by citizens of the right to nationality change,

aiming to prevent cases of statelessness and double citizenship,

agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. Each Contracting Party will provide to the citizens of other Contracting Party who are constantly living on legal causes in its territory the right to the simplified procedure for acquisition of nationality in the presence of one of the following conditions:

a) if the applicant or at least one of his parents (adoptive parents or adopters), the grandfather or the grandmother were born or constantly on legal causes lived in the territory of the Contracting Party of acquired nationality;

b) in the presence at the applicant at least one of the close relatives who are constantly living on legal causes in the territory of the Contracting Party of acquired nationality and being her citizens: the spouse (spouses), one of parents (adoptive parents or adopters), the child (including adopted or adopted), sisters, the brother, the grandfather or the grandmother, the grandson (granddaughter).

2. Action of provisions of part one of this Article does not extend to persons who:

a) committed crimes against humanity or performed genocide, or committed crimes against the state, or serious crimes against the personality;

b) are condemned to imprisonment - before removal of criminal record;

c) are under examination or avoid punishment, or committed crimes in the territory of one of Contracting Parties, or the third state;

d) consist in nationality of other states.

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