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• Ministry of Interior proposes to ease the process of granting Latvian citizenship to children born to parents non-citizens and to shorten the time period before repeated naturalisation exams.

In order to decrease number of non-citizens, the Ministry of Interior proposes to ease the process of granting Latvian citizenship to children born to parents non-citizens and to shorten the time period before repeated naturalisation exams. The Ministry proposes to allow parents non-citizens to fill in all the documents on granting citizenship during registration of a child in the registry office. Presently, parents have to submit application for the citizenship to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. The Ministry also proposes to shorten the time failed naturalisation applicants have to wait before they are entitled to take naturalisation exams again. At present, it is possible to retake the test in Latvian language after six months and test in history, constitution and national anthem after three months. The Ministry proposes to shorten these terms down to three and two months correspondingly. The Ministry’s proposal will be reviewed at the meeting of the State Secretaries.

In order to decrease number of non-citizens, the Ministry of Interior proposes to ease the process of granting Latvian citizenship to children born to parents non-citizens and to shorten the time period before repeated naturalisation exams. The Ministry proposes to allow parents non-citizens to fill in all the documents on granting citizenship during registration of a child in the registry office. Presently, parents have to submit application for the citizenship to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. The Ministry also proposes to shorten the time failed naturalisation applicants have to wait before they are entitled to take naturalisation exams again. At present, it is possible to retake the test in Latvian language after six months and test in history, constitution and national anthem after three months. The Ministry proposes to shorten these terms down to three and two months correspondingly. The Ministrys proposal will be reviewed at the meeting of the State Secretaries. Telegraf