Decisions and actions of authorities and officials regarding the unjustified refusal to accept requests related to citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan, failure to comply with deadlines and procedures for reviewing requests, procedures for acquiring and terminating citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan, and the execution of decisions on citizenship matters may be appealed to a higher authority or in court.

The general conditions for obtaining the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan are:

-Continuous permanent residence of foreign citizens and stateless persons in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan for five years, from the date of obtaining a residence permit to the date of application for citizenship, provided that any single departure from the Republic of Tajikistan within a year does not exceed three months, except for departures related to education, medical treatment, or business trips;

-Proficiency in the state language at a conversational level;

-Not being under criminal prosecution.

1) The following foreign citizens and stateless persons have the right to apply for citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan under a simplified procedure, without fulfilling the conditions stipulated in the first and second paragraphs of Article 15 of this Constitutional Law and without presenting a residence permit:
-Individuals with outstanding achievements in the fields of science, technology, healthcare, and sports, as well as those who have made significant contributions to the economic, social, and cultural development of the Republic of Tajikistan and the promotion of universal human values;
-Veterans of the Great Patriotic War who were citizens of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and reside in the Republic of Tajikistan;
-A child or legally incapable person under the guardianship or custody of a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan;
-A child or legally incapable person under full state care in an educational, medical, social protection institution, or another similar institution in the Republic of Tajikistan;
-Persons born in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic who were citizens of the former USSR, resided or reside in the states that were part of the USSR, but did not acquire the citizenship of those states and, as a result, became stateless persons.
2) The following persons may apply for citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan with a reduction of half the required period of permanent residence specified in the first paragraph of Article 15 of this Constitutional Law:
-Stateless persons, except for those mentioned in the fifth paragraph of part 1 of this article;
-Foreign citizens whose father or mother was a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan at the time of their birth and who acquired foreign citizenship by birth but may opt for Tajikistani citizenship within five years after reaching the age of eighteen;
-Foreign citizens whose father or mother is a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan;
-Persons born on the territory of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic who were citizens of the former USSR.
3) The President of the Republic of Tajikistan may consider the admission of a foreign citizen or stateless person to the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan without fulfilling the conditions stipulated in Article 15 of this Constitutional Law.

1) A child whose parents or sole parent is a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan at the time of birth is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, regardless of the place of birth.

2) If the parents have different citizenships and one of them was a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan at the time of the child's birth, the child acquires Tajik citizenship if:

- they were born on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan; or
- they were born outside the Republic of Tajikistan while their parents or one of them was permanently residing in the Republic of Tajikistan at that time.
3) If the parents have different citizenships, one of whom was a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan at the time of the child's birth and the other was a foreign citizen, and they both permanently reside outside the Republic of Tajikistan, the child's citizenship is determined by the written agreement of the parents. If the parents do not reach an agreement within three months of the child's birth, and the child is not granted citizenship of the country of birth according to its laws, the child is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan.

4) A child whose one parent was a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan at the time of birth while the other was a stateless person or an unknown person is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, regardless of the place of birth.

5) If paternity is established for a child whose mother is stateless and the father is a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, the child is recognized as a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, regardless of the place of birth.

6) If a child is recognized as being born to a woman who is a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan and the father is stateless, the child is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, regardless of the place of birth.

7) A child born on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan to stateless parents, if both or one of them permanently resides in the Republic of Tajikistan, is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan.

8) A child born on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan to unknown parents acquires the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan.

9) A child born on the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan whose parents are foreign citizens, or where one parent is a foreign citizen and the other is either stateless or unknown, is considered a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan if they are not granted citizenship under the laws of their parents' countries.

1) Foreign citizens and stateless persons may be admitted to the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan based on their petition in accordance with this constitutional law.

2) Foreign citizens and stateless persons who have reached the age of eighteen, regardless of nationality, race, gender, language, religion, political stance, education, social and/or financial status, have the right to apply for admission to the citizenship of the Republic of Tajikistan.