Categories
Visa consists of three categories - diplomatic, service and ordinary.
Types
Two types of visa - entrance and transit visa granted to the foreigners and stateless persons is formalized as below:
1. Entrance visa - such kind of visa is valid from three days up to three months.
- One time (ordinary) entrance visa - allows entering and exiting the country only one time during its validity period.
- Multiple entrance visas - such kind of visa is valid from 1 year up to 2 years. This visa allows person for multiple entrance-exit to the country during the appropriate period.
If the visa is not used during these periods it expires.
2. Transit visa.
One time or multiple transit visas – are granted to foreigners and stateless persons traveling to third countries via the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Transit visa allows person to stay in the Republic of Azerbaijan maximum 5 days.
Objectives
Foreigners and stateless persons can obtain ordinary (one time) entrance visa within the objectives as mentioned below:
- business purpose
- scientific purpose
- education purpose
- labor purpose
- tourism purpose
- cultural purpose
- sport purpose
- humanitarian purpose
- Purpose of personal visit
Diplomatic and service entrance visa is granted only to persons coming to Azerbaijan with the official purposes.
To the attitude of foreigners and stateless persons coming for labor activity to the Republic of Azerbaijan!
Diplomatic missions and consulates of the Republic of Azerbaijan issue one time entrance visa for the foreigners or stateless persons, who come to Azerbaijan for labor activity.
According to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministry of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On issuance of personal permits for carrying out paid labor activity on the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the foreigners and affirming the sample of this personal permit” dated 6 December 2000, foreigners and stateless persons have to apply to appropriate state bodies in order to get personal permits for labor activity in our country.
You can get information on rules of issuing personal permits for paid labor activity in the Republic of Azerbaijan by foreigners and stateless persons and related issues from the official web-pages of State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan (www.migration.gov.az).
Immigration
Rights and freedoms of foreigners and stateless persons in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Foreigners and stateless persons can enjoy all rights and freedoms equally with the nationals of the Republic of Azerbaijan and have to fulfill all duties, if the other rules are not defined by the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan and by the international treaties of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
The implementation of rights and freedoms of foreigners and stateless persons must not be contrary to the national interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Foreigners and stateless persons must observe the requirements of the Constitution, Laws and other legislation acts of the Republic of Azerbaijan and respect the traditions of the nation of Azerbaijan.
According to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On the legal status of foreigners and stateless persons”, in case the foreign country restricts the implementation of rights and freedoms of nationals of the Republic of Azerbaijan in its territory, the same restrictions can be defined to the nationals of that country in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan by the legislation of Azerbaijan Republic.
Foreigners and stateless persons are equal before the law and court in the Republic of Azerbaijan without distinction of their social and property position, race and national origin, sex, language, attitude to religion, type and character of activity, and other cases.
The rights and freedoms of foreigners and stateless persons in the Republic of Azerbaijan can only be restricted in accordance with the norms of international law and laws of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Political asylum
Respectively to the Constitution and legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Azerbaijan provides political asylum to foreigners and stateless persons.
Refugee Status
The status of refugee can be provided to the foreigners and stateless persons according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On the status of refugees and internally displaced persons (persons displaced within the country)” and the international treaties supported by the Republic of Azerbaijan
Attention! You can get information on issuing refugee status and related issues from the official web-pages of the State Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan on deals of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (www.refugees-idps-committee.gov.az) and the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan (www.migration.gov.az).
Getting/acquiring the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Foreigners and stateless persons can obtain the citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan, in accordance with the Constitution and the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On citizenship of the Republic of Azerbaijan”.