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More people register Latvian citizenship due to transitional provisions in law
BC, Riga, 06.10.2015.
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Print version400 persons have registered for Latvian citizenship in 2015 due to transitional provisions in the Citizenship Law, which now allows non-citizens, who have acquired elementary or high school education before October 1, 2012, to apply for Latvian citizenship without passing a language exam, reports LETA, according to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
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The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs says that due to transitional provisions in the Citizenship Law, a total of 296 persons applied for Latvian citizenship in 2014.
From January to October 1, 2015, a total of 400 persons registered for Latvian citizenship. In the respective period last year, the number was 219.
According to transitional provisions in the Citizenship Law, non-citizens had the opportunity to register Latvian citizenship without passing a language exam, had they acquired elementary or high school education in the official state language before October 1, 2013.
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