Article 8 - Grounds for Refusal to Grant Refugee Status to an Asylum Seeker

The following circumstances serve as grounds for refusing to grant refugee status to an asylum seeker if: The person's application is clearly unfounded or constitutes an abuse of the process; Exclusion clauses provided for in this Law have been identified; The person was previously denied refugee status due to the absence of circumstances indicating persecution, provided that the situation in the country of their nationality or former residence has not changed from the date of the refusal to the date of submitting a new application; The person holds the nationality of a third country whose protection they can avail themselves of or has the right to legally reside in a third country without reasonable fear of persecution in that country; The person arrived directly from the territory of a third safe country where they had been staying temporarily before arriving in the Republic of Tajikistan and had not been subjected to persecution or had the opportunity to apply for asylum or refugee status in accordance with established procedures; The person left their country of nationality (or former residence) and refuses to return due to fear of punishment under the laws of that country for illegal departure from its territory or for committing another offense there; The person was forced to illegally cross the State Border of the Republic of Tajikistan with the intention of applying for refugee status but, without valid reasons, failed to submit an application for recognition as a refugee in accordance with the procedure established by this Law; The person refuses to provide personal information or knowingly provides false information about themselves and/or the circumstances of their arrival in the Republic of Tajikistan; The person is married to a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan and, under the laws of the Republic of Tajikistan, has the opportunity to obtain a permanent residence permit in Tajikistan; The person already holds a permanent residence permit (residence permit) in the Republic of Tajikistan.