Ukraine: Information on the process of acquiring Ukrainian citizenship for Ukrainian Jews with Israeli citizenship who emigrated to Israel prior to November 1991, and information on obtaining a propiska once one has acquired citizenship
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR16840.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Information on the process of acquiring Ukrainian citizenship for Ukrainian Jews with Israeli citizenship who emigrated to Israel prior to November 1991, and information on obtaining a propiska once one has acquired citizenship, 1 March 1994, UKR16840.E, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9c48.html [accessed 27 December 2015] |
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Article 17 of the Ukrainian Law on Citizenship establishes the provisions for the naturalization of "foreign citizens and stateless persons" (Pravda Ukrainy 14 Nov. 1991; UNHCR July 1993). According to an official of the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, DC, individuals who were born in Ukraine but who emigrated to Israel before 14 November 1991, the date on which the Law on Citizenship came into force, would have to go through the same naturalization procedure as other foreign citizens (Embassy of Ukraine 17 Mar. 1994; UNHCR July 1993, 71-2).
There is no information available among the sources consulted to indicate to procedure for obtaining a propiska after obtaining Ukrainian citizenship.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, DC. 17 March 1994. Telephone interview with official.
Pravda Ukrainy [Kiev, in Russian]. 14 November 1991. "Ukrainian Law 'On Ukrainian Citizenship'." (FBIS-USR-91-962 30 Dec. 1991, pp. 46-51)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). July 1993. Nationality Laws in the Former USSR Republics. Geneva: UNHCR.
Attachments
Pravda Ukrainy [Kiev, in Russian]. 14 November 1991. "Ukrainian Law 'On Ukrainian Citizenship'." (FBIS-USR-91-962 30 Dec. 1991), pp. 1, 4 of transcribed version.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). July 1993. Nationality Laws in the Former USSR Republics. Geneva: UNHCR, pp. 69-73.
Other Sources Consulted
International Organization on Migration (IOM). 5 March 1994. Telephone interview with representative.
