ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES OF THE STATE MIGRATION SERVICE OF UKRAINE RELATING TO CITIZENSHIP

Abstract

. Purpose . The purpose of the article is to reveal administrative procedures of the State Migration Service relating to citizenship. Results . The article characterises administrative procedures of the State Migration Service relating to citizenship. Relying on the analysis of the definition of “administrative procedure,” the administrative procedures of the State Migration Service of Ukraine relating to citizenship are considered as the procedure, prescribed by law, for the processing of administrative cases by the State Migration Service of Ukraine, as well as the decision making on the acquisition, retention, loss and recovery of citizenship with a view to ensuring the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of a person. The specificities of the administrative procedure are its normative regularity, an appropriate sequence of actions, the result thereof is the adoption of an administrative regulation or the conclusion of an administrative contract; a mandatory public administrator involved. The administrative procedures of the State Migration Service of Ukraine relating to citizenship, such as processing of applications, decision making, the right to a review, fees, are analysed. It is emphasised that administrative procedures relating to citizenship should be improved by solving the problems of responsibility of officials and officers of the State Migration Service of Ukraine for violation of the legislation on citizenship; acquisition of citizenship by individuals, living on the temporarily occupied territories, which requires further development of domestic legislation. It is emphasised that the procedure for the processing of applications and complaints on citizenship and the implementation of decisions taken determines the requirements for the submission of applications and other documents for the establishment, registration and verification of Ukrainian citizenship, adoption of Ukrainian citizenship, registration of acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship, termination of Ukrainian citizenship. Conclusions . It is concluded that the priority trends in improving administrative procedures of the State Migration Service of Ukraine relating to citizenship is an immediate solution of the problems of responsibility of officials and officers of the State Migration Service of Ukraine for violation of the legislation on citizenship; acquisition of citizenship by individuals, living on the temporarily occupied territories, which requires further development of domestic legislation.