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RESIDENCE PERMITS

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Documents to be submitted in order to receive a residence permit in the Republic of Latvia in connection with the family unification - as a minor of a citizen of Latvia, a non-citizen of Latvia or a foreigner holding a permanent residence permit:

You shall present a valid travel document admitted in the Republic of Latvia and submit the following documents:

• a definite sample form for a residence permit request;
• a photography;
• a statement on fluorography or x-ray examining results;
• a statement on punishability issued by a competent institution of the citizenship or the host country (for a foreigner more than 14 years old), if a foreigner has resided in that country longer than 12 months
• a document confirming the necessary subsistence;
• a document confirming the envisaged place of residence in the Republic of Latvia and the rights to stay there;
• a document confirming the state duty payment;
• a document approving relationship;
• a permission notarially approved or signed in the presence of an officer of the administrative body or representation for a child to enter the Republic of Latvia of the other parent who is not travelling to Latvia. If practical guardianship is carried out by the parent who is entering Latvia together with the child and there are no restrictions as concern the change of the place of residence without the consent of the other parent – a decision of the respective court.

If the child was born outside the territory of Latvia before the submission of the documents your inviter shall approve the call at the Office of Citizenship and