Date of publication:
08/21/2025
Kyrgyzstan
Do domestic laws and policies provide for the issuance and renewal of travel documents to forcibly displaced and stateless persons for the purpose of international travel?
Assessment by population
Analysis
In accordance with Article 13 of the Law on Refugees dated March 25, 2002, № 44, the legislation guarantees the right of recognized refugees to have the necessary documents proving their identity and travel documents. The Law on Refugees establishes in Article 15-1 that a person recognized as a refugee, members of his family and persons under the care of a recognized refugee are issued a travel document for leaving the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic and entering the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. The determination and issuance of travel documents is carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic. However, to date, in the Kyrgyz Republic there are no provisions on the procedure for issuing a travel document.
Related provisions of domestic law or policy
The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Refugees
- Year: 2002
- Type: Domestic law
- Rights Category: Asylum, Education, Freedom of movement, Health, Housing, land & property, Liberty & security of person, Nationality & facilitated naturalization, Social protection, Work & Workplace rights, Family life, Documentation
- Link to external source: https://www.refworld.org/legal/legislation/natlegbod/2002/en/119852?prevDestination=search&prevPath=/search?keywords=Law+on+refugees&order=desc&page=1&sm_country_name%5B%5D=Kyrgyzstan&sort=score&result=result-119852-en
Legal provision
Article 13 - Rights and obligations of a refugee in the Kyrgyz Republic
A person recognized as a refugee in the Kyrgyz Republic enjoys the same rights and bears the same obligations as foreign citizens permanently residing in the Kyrgyz Republic. A person recognized as a refugee in the Kyrgyz Republic shall also be granted the rights and obligations of a person applying for refugee status, as stipulated by Article 6 of this Law. A person recognized as a refugee in the Kyrgyz Republic and his family members shall have the right to: - reside for three months in a temporary settlement; - choose a settlement from among those proposed by the Authorized Body in which his relatives reside as their place of permanent residence, subject to their consent to cohabitation; - work for hire or engage in entrepreneurial activity in accordance with the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic; - acquire real estate under the conditions established for foreign citizens and stateless persons by the legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic; - receive, with the assistance of the relevant state bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic, information about property left behind in the state of previous residence; - have the necessary documents proving his identity and travel documents; - to receive medical care on an equal basis with citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic; - to receive administrative assistance when applying to state bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic; - to mandatory registration of civil status acts and receipt of relevant documents.
Article 15.1 - Travel document
15.1 A person recognized as a refugee, members of his family and persons under the care of the person recognized as a refugee shall be issued a travel document for leaving the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic and entering the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic. Determination and issuance of travel documents shall be carried out by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.