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With regard to persons having the refugee status or granted asylum in
Ukraine, the term of continuous lawful residence in the territory of
Ukraine will be three years from the date of receiving the refugee
status or asylum in Ukraine; with regard to persons entering Ukraine

as stateless persons, the term will be three years from the date of
received residence permit;
4) obtaining a permanent residence permit in Ukraine. This

clause will not apply to persons in possession of former Soviet
passports in 1974 format with entries to the effect that they have a
permanent or temporary registration in the territory of Ukraine, and
nor will it apply to persons with the refugee status or granted asylum

in Ukraine;
5) possession or understanding of the official language to a
degree sufficient for adequate communication. This clause will not

apply to physically handicapped individuals (blind, deaf and/or mute);
6) presence of legitimate sources of subsistence. This clause will
not apply to persons with the refugee status or those granted asylum in

Ukraine.
The Ukrainian citizenship will be refused a person in case:
1) that person has committed a crime against humanity or an act

of genocide;
2) that person received a term of imprisonment in retaliation for
a grave crime (until serving the term or when acquitted);
3) that person has perpetrated acts outside Ukraine qualified as

grave criminal offences by Ukraine's legislation.
A person receiving Ukrainian citizenship and submitting a
declaration about refusing foreign citizenship will undertake to return

his/her national passport to a competent authority of that other
country. The date of the acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship in these
cases is the date of a pertinent edict of the President of Ukraine.
A person that terminated Ukrainian citizenship, did not receive

foreign citizenship and is applying for renewal of Ukrainian
citizenship will be registered as a citizen of Ukraine regardless that
person being a permanent resident of Ukraine or any other country. A

person that terminated Ukrainian citizenship, was granted foreign
citizenship, returned for permanent residence in Ukraine, and is
applying for renewal of Ukrainian citizenship will be registered as a

citizen of Ukraine. This person will undertake to terminate foreign

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