Article 17. Grounds for refusal of admission to citizenship or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan of the Law on Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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The footnote. Title of Article 17 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/16/2024 No. 82-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

An application for admission to citizenship or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan is rejected if the person applying for it:

1) has committed a crime against humanity provided for by international law, deliberately opposes the sovereignty and independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) calls for the violation of the unity and integrity of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) carries out illegal activities detrimental to national security and public health;

4) incites interethnic, inter-confessional and religious hostility, counteracts the functioning of the state language of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) is involved in terrorist or extremist organizations or has been convicted of terrorist or extremist crimes;

6) is on the international wanted list, is serving a sentence according to a court verdict that has entered into force, or his actions have been recognized by the court as a recidivism of crimes or a dangerous recidivism of crimes;

7) is a citizen of another (other) State (states);

8) provided false information about himself when applying for citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or without a valid reason did not submit the necessary documents within the time limits established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9) has an outstanding or outstanding criminal record for committing an intentional crime on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan or abroad, recognized as such by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9-1) has committed a crime against the sexual integrity of a minor;

10) committed an offense in the field of economics within five years prior to applying for citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10-1) repeatedly violated the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of population migration within five years prior to applying for citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

11) has lost the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of subitems 1), 2) and 5) of Article 21 of this Law within five years prior to applying for citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan or restoration of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

12) has lost the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of subparagraph 8) of the first part of Article 21 of this Law;

13) is deprived of the citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of Article 20-1 of this Law.

IZPI's note! The first part of Article 17 is provided to be supplemented by subparagraph 14) in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/16/2024 No. 82-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The provisions of subparagraph 7) of part one of this Article do not apply to persons subject to international treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as those specified in paragraph two of subparagraph 1) of part one of Article 16 and Article 16-1 of this Law and who have applied to the internal affairs bodies with a notarized written application for renunciation of foreign citizenship addressed to an official persons of the State of which they are citizens who make decisions on citizenship issues.

IZPI's note! Article 17 is provided to be supplemented with part three in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/16/2024 No. 82-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication). The footnote. Article 17 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/22/2011 No. 478-IV (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 04/27/2012 No. 15-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 04.07.2014 No. 233-V (effective from 01.01.2015); dated 24.11.2015 No. 421-V (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 22.12.2016 No. 28-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 11.07.2017 No. 91-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 16.04.2018 No. 147-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); Dated December 27, 2019, No. 292-VI (for the procedure of entry into force, see art. 2); dated 05/16/2024, No. 82-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 20, 1991 1017-XII. This Law regulates the issues of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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