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Residence Permit for Foreign Citizen

TurkmenistanLong-term residence

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What exact status does accumulated residence lead to?

The status is the residence permit (Russian: vid na zhitelstvo; Turkmen: ýaşamak üçin ygtyýarnama): foreign nationals may reside in Turkmenistan if they hold a residence permit issued in the legally established order. Holders enter and stay in Turkmenistan with their border-crossing document without a visa, and the permit gives the right to cross the State border multiple times.

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  • The captured texts do not name any onward permanent status or citizenship path reached by holding this permit.
  • https://www.mfa.gov.tm/ru/articles/80
    Иностранные граждане могут проживать в Туркменистане, если они имеют вид на жительство, выданный в порядке, установленном законодательством Туркменистана.
  • https://migration.gov.tm/cdn/media/filemanager/2025/01/23/Migrasi%C3%BDa_hakynda_.pdf
    Türkmenistanda ýaşamak üçin ygtyýarnama alan daşary ýurt raýatlary, raýatlygy bolmadyk adamlar Türkmenistanyň Döwlet serhedinden geçmäge hukuk berýän resminamalary bilen Türkmenistana wiza resmileşdirmezden gelýärler we onda bolýarlar. Türkmenistanda ýaşamak üçin ygtyýarnama Türkmenistanyň Döwlet serhedinden köp gezek geçmäge hukuk berýär.

What qualifying residence period is required and when does the period begin?

Under Article 14(3) of the Migration Law, a foreign national or stateless person may apply for this residence permit after having resided in the territory of Turkmenistan for a period of not less than the last two years. The law does not state the exact starting point of this two-year count (e.g. first entry, first registration, or issuance of a specific prior document).

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  • The exact starting point of the 2-year count (first entry vs. first registration vs. another triggering event) is not specified in the captured text of the law.

Which types of residence count fully, partially or not at all where the official rules specify this?

Answer not available

What absence/continuity rules affect accumulation of the qualifying residence period?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the absence and continuity rules for the qualifying period.

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Limits of the record
  • Searched Migration Law Arts 14-17 and the MFA law for absence/continuity rules affecting accumulation of the qualifying residence period; only the two-year period itself (reserved to R2) and the Art 17 cancellation ground for an existing permit (moved to R5) exist.

What other major conditions apply, how is the status obtained, and what renewal, document-validity, retention or loss rules matter?

A foreign national or stateless person temporarily in Turkmenistan applies to the State Migration Service with a petition addressed to the President of Turkmenistan; the grant, refusal or cancellation is decided by an act of the President, and petitions must be considered within six months. The permit is issued for a term of up to five years in line with the validity of the holder's border-crossing document and is extended by the State Migration Service after the relevant checks. Grounds for cancellation include living continuously outside Turkmenistan for more than one year, except where circumstances beyond the person's control arising abroad prevented return.

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  • How the Art 14(2) grounds relate to the Art 14(3) two-year-residence route is not clarified in the captured text.
  • The Art 11 refusal grounds referenced for extension are not in the captured text.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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