The Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan has approved a regulation establishing the procedure for determining the status of a stateless person and issuing a certificate to a stateless person. The corresponding decree was signed by the Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers Adylbek Kasymaliev.
The document notes that the provision applies to stateless people staying in Kyrgyzstan and wishing to obtain the status of a stateless person in the Kyrgyz Republic, including stateless people who arrived from foreign countries.
The stateless person status is granted to a person who is not a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic and/or a citizen of a foreign state in accordance with its legislation. The provision does not apply to persons who have been granted refugee status and persons applying for refugee status in the Kyrgyz Republic.
