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Act 2 Of 2014 Entry, Exit And Residence Of Foreigners In Syria

Original Language Title: القانون 2 لعام 2014 دخول وخروج وإقامة الأجانب في سوريا

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Law No. 2 of 2014 Entry, Exit and Stay of Foreigners in Syria


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Act No. 2 of 2014
Date-birth: 2014-03-11 History-Hjri: 1435-05-10
Published as: 2014-03-11
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Law No. 2 of 2014
Entry, exit and residence of foreigners in Syria

President

Based on the provisions of the Constitution, and as approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held on 3/5/1435 A.H., 4/3/2014, the following shall be issued as follows: :

Chapter I

Definitions

Article 1

The following expressions are intended to apply the provisions of this Law to the meaning of each of them:

  • Ministry of the Interior
  • Minister: Minister of the Interior
  • Administration: Department of Immigration and Passport.
  • Director: Director of Immigration and Passport Department.
  • Al-Arabi: Everyone who holds the nationality of an Arab state.
  • Foreign: Everyone who does not hold Syrian Arab nationality or the nationality of an Arab country.
  • Section: Immigration and Passport Branch in the county.
  • Section: Immigration and Passport Section in the Region.
  • Centre: immigration status and border passport at land, air or sea port.
  • Property: access or traffic to the Syrian Arab Republic for non-Syrian nationals.
  • Visa: So out of the Syrian Arab Republic for non-Syrian citizens.
  • The following: an order issued by the competent authorities to remove any Arab or foreign nationals from the country in accordance with the circumstances stipulated by the law.
  • Refugee: Each person has been granted asylum in accordance with international conventions, taking into account the legal status of registered Palestine refugees in Syria.
  • Expatriate: Every Arab Syrian residing in the country of alienation or who is of Syrian origin or who is born in the country of alienation and has acquired his nationality.
  • Physical solvency: a person's ability to meet financial obligations without resorting to debt during his stay in the Syrian Arab Republic.
  • Traffic ticket: An official document issued by the Department of Immigration and Passports following the approval of the Minister of the Interior grants anonymous nationality, refugees or persons of their nationality and cannot obtain passports from their embassies with their wives and children.

Chapter II

Features, visas and documentation

Article 2

a. The entry of any person into or out of the Syrian Arab Republic shall be prohibited except for those who hold a valid passport or any document to which he or she is entitled to return issued by the competent authorities of his or her country or any other recognized authority.

b. The passport or document must be an indication of a smile from one of our diplomatic or consular missions abroad or any other body assigned to it by the Government of the Syrian Arab Republic.

c. Entry or passage features are granted to nationals of foreign States, in which the Syrian Arab Republic does not have diplomatic representation from the centres immediately after the completion of the fee.

Dr. The Director is empowered to allow foreign nationals of any nationality to enter the Syrian Arab Republic after scrutiny.

Article 3

Entry into or out of the Syrian Arab Republic is prohibited only from places that are determined by decision of the Minister and with the authorization of the competent authority at the border and the passport or document acting on the entry or exit ring.

Article 4

a. In coordination with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Expatriates, a decision is issued by the Minister in coordination with the types of features, powers conferred, conditions and procedures for granting them, their duration of validity and exemption.

b. The value fee is determined by a decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Emigrants.

c. In coordination with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of the Expatriates and Minister of Labor, he issues the types of characteristics of entry with intent to work, the powers conferred upon them, the conditions and procedures for granting them, the duration of their validity, the duration of their stay, the number of them and the status of exemption.

Dr. The value of entry fees is determined by decision of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates to work in coordination with the Minister of Labor.

e. The entry attributes granted by the Syrian diplomatic and consular missions abroad shall not grant access to the Syrian Arab Republic if the competent centre does not agree.

Article 5

A decision is issued by the minister to specify the types of traffic tickets, their models, the conditions of granting them to Arabs, foreigners and refugees, their procedures, exemption from the value of fees that are completely or partially fulfilled, and determine the value of the ticket in coordination with the Minister of Finance.

Article 6

a. Taking into account the provisions of article 32 of this Law, Arabs and foreigners who have exceeded their term of residence or property shall be required to carry out the penalty provided for in Chapter VIII of this Law and, therefore, to obtain a visa.

b. The conditions for granting a visa shall be determined by a decision issued by the Minister containing the conditions for granting the visa, its validity, the authority granted to it, the exemption and the value of the fee to be fulfilled for at least 500 Syrian pounds.

Article 7

The Minister of the Interior may relieve himself of the Arabs and foreigners from obtaining the property or holding a passport.

Article 8

The Arab or alien in the Syrian Arab Republic must highlight his passport or any document acting upon request from the competent authorities and in case of loss of passport or document or damage to the Administration, its branches, or the nearest police unit within one week of the date of loss Or damage.

Article 9

When entering or leaving the Syrian Arab Republic, ships, aircraft or trains shall submit to the competent authorities a list of the names of their vessels, aircraft, trains, passengers and data, and shall inform the competent authorities of the names of the passengers who do not They hold passports and those who hold passports that are not valid or in force, and shall prevent such passengers from leaving the ship, aircraft, or train or boarding it except with the permission of these authorities.

Chapter III

Measures to register Arabs and foreigners

Article 10

Under the Minister's decision, instructions and measures to prevent the entry and departure of the Syrian Arab Republic and the mechanism for listing the names of those prohibited by special lists, the mechanism of writing off their names and the means of objecting to them shall be specified.

Article 11

The alien who entered the Syrian Arab Republic and wishes to reside in the Syrian Arab Republic must submit himself to free declaration of his personal status in the department, branch or section according to the model adopted for that and within fifteen days of the date of entry.

Article 12

The Director may exempt the Arab or foreign from the condition of submission of the declaration itself for considerations of international courtesies or acceptable excuses. In this case, a written declaration is written on the model prepared for that and handed over to the administration or its branches.

Article 13

a. The Arab or foreign, who wants to change his place of residence, must inform the department or its branches in the governorates the title of his new residence, and in case his move outside the county centre where he was staying, he should submit within three days of his arrival to the competent branch or to the competent branch. The closest police unit in the town to which he moved.

b. Foreigners who entered the Syrian Arab Republic as part of tourist groups with a view to tourism during the first month of their arrival date are exempted from the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Article 14

All the owner of a hotel, hostel or any other such person, who is in charge of his administration, Arab or foreign, foreign, housing, or housing, must inform the relevant authorities of the Arab or foreign name and place of his residence within three days of the date of departure and departure.

Article 15

Everyone who wishes to recruit or use an Arab or an alien must obtain the approval of the Ministry of Labor.

Chapter IV

Residence permits

Article 16

Each Arab or foreign wishing to reside in the Syrian Arab Republic must obtain a residence permit, specifying the reason for the residence and the availability of the condition of material convenience and must leave at the end of his or her stay unless it is renewed.

Rule 17

The Arab and foreign residence permits are classified as follows:

a. Special residence: granted for five years.

b. Regular residence: grants for a period of three years.

c. Temporary residence: granted for a year.

Dr. Tourist accommodation: grants for a maximum of three months.

e. Employment: granted for a maximum of one year after the approval of the Ministry of Labor.

Rule 18

Special residence shall be granted to the following categories of Arabs and foreigners:

  1. Those who have had their legitimate actual residency in the Syrian Arab Republic are more than fifteen years old.
  2. Those who have had their legitimate actual residence are five years and more and have been doing useful work for the national economy or performing scientific, cultural or artistic services for the country. These works and services are determined by decision of the minister after taking the opinion of the competent authorities.
  3. Scientists and men of literature, art, thought, industry, economy, tourist events and others who perform dignified services for the country and issue a decision of the minister in coordination with the competent authorities.
  4. The wives of Syrian citizens who went on their actual residence in the Syrian Arab Republic more than two years ago as long as the marital relationship exists.

Rule 19

Ordinary residence is granted to the following categories of Arabs and foreigners:

  1. Those who were born in the Syrian Arab Republic and their actual residence in the Syrian Arab Republic were born three years and more when the request was submitted.
  2. Children of Syrian citizens.
  3. In the Syrian Arab Republic, their actual residence in the Syrian Arab Republic was five years more and more when they made the request.

Rule 20

Temporary residence for the following categories of Arabs and foreigners shall be granted:

  1. Students enrolled in universities, institutes and public or private schools recognized and depending on the duration of the study.
  2. Scientists and men of literature, thought, art, industry and economics.
  3. Refugees after providing proof of this.
  4. The husbands of Syrians are Arabs and foreigners.
  5. The wives of Syrians from Arabs and foreigners.
  6. Patients with intent to treat.
  7. The arrivals are meant to visit relatives.
  8. Investors.
  9. Property owners.
  10. Who sees the manager granted him residence for special considerations related to international courtesies and the public interest.

Rule 21

Employment is granted to Arabs and foreigners with the approval of the Ministry of Labor in accordance with the laws in force.

Rule 22

a. Renew private and regular residence with the permission of the Director if the absence of an owner outside the Syrian Arab Republic exceeds six months and has not increased for a year.

b. The right of an Arab or an alien to a residence permit may be dropped if it violates the provisions of the preceding paragraph and excludes Arabs and foreigners who change to ask for science in schools, institutes and universities or to perform flag service if they prove it.

Rule 23

An Arab or alien who is licensed to enter or reside for a certain purpose shall be prohibited from this purpose except with the consent of the Minister or his/her delegate.

Rule 24

He/she shall benefit from the residence of the authorized person, spouse and minor children of whom they live in.

Rule 25

The Minister decided by decision of the Minister to authorize the residence and renewal procedures, the authority to grant them, the status of exemption, the forms of residence cards, the forms of applications, their declarations, and the statements that must be contained in them.

Chapter V

Removal

Rule 26

a. To be determined by a decision of the Minister: cases and procedures for the expulsion of Arab or foreign forces outside the Syrian Arab Republic and the mechanism of implementation and objection to the decision to expel and to determine possible detention for those who decide to expel them in accordance with the requirements of security and public interest.

b. An alien or alien who has already been removed shall be allowed to return to the Syrian Arab Republic after the Minister's approval.

Chapter VI

Exceptions

Rule 27

Members of the diplomatic and consular corps and representatives of international and regional organizations recognized by the Syrian Arab Republic and in their judgment in obtaining access, traffic, residence, exit visas, fees and other provisions are subject to the discretion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Expatriates International conventions established in the Syrian Arab Republic and the principle of reciprocity and granted by the Syrian missions abroad or from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diaspora.

Rule 28

Excluded from the provisions of the features and accommodation contained in this Law are the following categories:

  1. Personnel of ships, aircraft or trains carrying naval, air or land tickets are granted access by the competent authorities and are granted residence status only during the duration of the ship's stay at the port or aircraft at the airport or the train at the station and issued by the Minister's decision The visa instructions for these tickets are issued by the competent centre at ports, airports, stations and border posts when they enter, disembark or leave the Syrian Arab Republic.
  2. Passengers of ships, aircraft and trains who have been authorized by the competent authorities to disembark in the Syrian Arab Republic the duration of the ship's stay in the port or aircraft at the airport or the train at the terminal and on the lifters of ships, aircraft and trains prior to takeoff to the competent centre for the name of each of them. He leaves behind the passengers and hand over his passport to the center.
  3. Nationals of Arab and foreign States in the border areas adjacent to the Syrian Arab Republic who have been exempted by special provision or in accordance with bilateral agreements concluded between the two countries.
  4. Nationals of Arab and foreign States who have been exempted under international conventions to which Syria is a party.
  5. Expatriates are within the limits of the rules determined by decision of the Minister in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Expatriates.
  6. The minister sees their exemption with written permission for special considerations related to international courtesies and the public interest.

Chapter VII

Fees for the stays.

Rule 29

a. Complete when issuing residence cards, in various types, the following fees:

1. Fifteen thousand Syrian pounds for a private residence card.

2.Fifteen thousand Syrian pounds for a residence card with intent to work, including the construction of the work of the artists.

3. 10,000 Syrian pounds for a regular residence card.

4. Five thousand Syrian pounds for each year of residence for holders of temporary residence cards for a period of one year or their fractures.

b. The amount satisfied with the residence card includes the issuance of exit visas and the return of Arabs and foreigners during the period of residence, regardless of the number of visas.

Rule 30

The fees listed in the preceding article are exempted for once the following categories:

a. Refugees of different nationalities, wives and children are minors.

b. Arabs and foreigners whom the director considers exempting them for considerations of international courtesies or for their lack of material ability.

Chapter VIII

Sanctions

Rule 31

The breach of the provisions of articles 2.3 of this Law is removed from the country by a decision of the Minister or by the person authorized to do so.

Rule 32

a. A fine of 100 Syrian pounds is imposed on everyone who has exceeded his or her term of residence or is a person for every day that is delayed until six months and is determined to be collected according to the laws and regulations.

b. The Minister has an exemption from this fine if he/she is provided with an acceptable excuse within seven days of the date of the alleged offence.

c. In the event that the violation does not pay the penalty within seven days, it shall be referred to the competent jurisdiction and the fine specified in paragraph (a) of this article shall be doubled.

Dr. In case the offending period exceeds six months, the offence is punishable by imprisonment from one month to six months and a fine from twenty-five thousand to 50,000 Syrian pounds.

Rule 33

With no prejudice to any heavier penalty prescribed by other laws:

a. A penalty of imprisonment of one to six months and a fine of 50,000 to 100,000 Syrian pounds or one of these penalties shall be punished by any of those who violate the provisions of articles 9.14 of this Law or its executive decisions and shall be punished by the same penalty for those who assisted in the commission or attempt to commit the offence.

b. shall be punished by imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine from 50,000 to 100,000 Syrian pounds, anyone who contravenes or attempts to violate article 2, paragraph 1, and article 3 of this law or decisions to be executed. The same punishment shall be punished by those who have assisted in the commission of the offence or attempt. Commits it.

c. The penalty provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be imprisonment from one year to three years and a fine from 50,000 to 200,000 Syrian pounds if the alien is a national of a State which is at war with the Syrian Arab Republic or if diplomatic relations are severed with it.

Dr. An imprisonment of one to five years and a fine of 5 million to 10 million Syrian pounds or one of these penalties shall be punished by any person who entered or left the Syrian Arab Republic illegally or seized in the areas of the border without any reason for his existence or the reasons why he did not Valid or not in accordance with the circumstances in which it was discontinued and in conformity with Law No. 9 of 25/06/2013.

Rule 34

A penalty of imprisonment from one month to six months and a fine of twenty-five thousand to 50,000 Syrian pounds or one of these penalties shall be punished in violation of article 13 of the provisions of article 13 or of the decisions issued to implement them.

Rule 35

The penalty is punishable by imprisonment from six months to two years and a fine from 50,000 to 100,000 Syrian pounds. Everyone who has refrained from implementing the decision to remove him in accordance with the provisions of article 26 of this law, without prejudice to the implementation of the expulsion decision, and in the case of repetition, the penalty shall be imprisonment for at least six months.

Rule 36

The same penalty provided for in article 33, paragraph d, of this Law shall apply to all those who have made false statements before the competent authorities or have submitted false papers, as well as their knowledge, to facilitate their entry or other entry into the Syrian Arab Republic, or to establish or establish others in the Syrian Arab Republic.

Rule 37

If the penalty is not paid by the penalty provided for in this law, one day shall be held for every 100 Syrian pounds of the fine in order not to increase the term of imprisonment for the duration provided for in the original penalty.

Rule 38

shall be punished by imprisonment from one month to six months and a fine from 50,000 to 100,000 Syrian pounds, or one of these penalties, each of those who violate the provisions of Articles 15 -23 of this Law or the decisions issued to them, in addition to the penalties provided for in the Labour Code, which is in force and away from the contrary. He is not entitled to return until three years after his removal.

Rule 39

The penalty is doubled if any of the offences set forth in this chapter are repeated.

Rule 40

The proceeds of all fines resulting from contravention of the provisions of this Act shall be transferred to the public treasury of the State.

Chapter IX

Final provisions

Rule 41

Under the Minister's decree, instructions regarding the entry, exit, residence and movement of Arab and foreign countries will be issued in accordance with the provisions of this law.

Rule 42

Under the Minister's decree, instructions concerning the entry, exit, residence and movement of Palestinian refugees carrying Arab and foreign nationalities will be issued in accordance with their provisions.

Rule 43

An illegal residence shall not be considered in the application of the application of the terms specified for granting a residence permit in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

Rule 44

The work of the Legislative Decree No. 29 of 15 /1/1970 is terminated. All texts, decisions and instructions shall be implemented as of the date of the entry into force of this Act.

Rule 45

This Act is published in the Official Gazette and operates three months after the date of its promulgation.

Damascus 10/5/1435 A.H., 11/3/2014

President

Bashar al-Assad












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