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Foreign citizens shall be understood as persons residing at the territory of Ukraine who do not have Ukrainian citizenship. The ground for attributing a person to a certain state is his/her passport or other document replacing it. The absence of such a document gives grounds for regarding such a person as person without citizenship. The legal status of foreigners on the territory of Ukraine is regulated by the Law as of February 4, 1994 «0n Foreigners' Legal Status».
Persons defined as foreigners are those belonging to citizenship of other state and are nor citizens of Ukraine, as well as persons without citizenship (not be-longing to citizenship of any state). Foreigners can immigrate to Ukraine for permanent residence in accordance with due procedures or for job placement for a determined period, as well as for temporary residence on its territory. They have the same rights and freedoms, carry out the same duties than citizens of Ukraine if other is not stipulated by the Constitution, the Laws of Ukraine or in-ternational agreements.
A particular category of foreign citizens includes heads and members of diplo-matic representative offices and other persons enjoying privileges and immuni-ties. Their legal status is regulated by international treaties and statements of in-ternal legislation.
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