GROUNDS FOR REFUSAL OR RESTRAINT OF GRANTING MONGOLIAN CITIZENSHIP
A foreign person or a stateless person shall be refused Mongolian citizenship on the following grounds:
- 1. when it is proved that a person has committed a crime against humanity as defined by international legal regulations;
- 2. when a person has conducted or is conducting an activity against national security or vital interests of Mongolia;
- 3. when a person is being claimed as a member of international terrorist organization;
- 4. when a person is determined by court to be a dangerous criminal;
- 5. when a person is being deported from the territory of Mongolia;
- 6. has not passed 10 years since deported from the territory of Mongolia;
- 7. when a person advertised a religion that inconsistent with the Mongolian national customs and law.
A request of foreign citizens for Mongolian citizenship shall be restrained to receive on the following grounds:
- 1. when it is not complied, the conditions provided in article 9 of this Law.
- 2. when it is not complied, the regulations provided in article 22 of this Law.
- 3. when a person is serving a sentence of imprisonment.
- 4. when a person is determined by established procedure that he or she is suffering from mental or infectious decease, or drug addicted or chronic alcoholic.
The State Administrative body in charge of foreign national and citizenship shall submit its proposal on refusal of granting Mongolian citizenship to the President upon presentation to the Prime Minister of Mongolia if the grounds provided for in paragraph of this Article are proved in accordance with established procedure.
If the above-mentioned grounds have been proved by established procedure, The State Administrative body in charge of foreign national and citizenship shall formally notify the foreign citizen or stateless person, whose request is restrained to be received.
Source: Law of Mongolia on Citizenship (LAW OF MONGOLIA ON CITIZENSHIP (legalinfo.mn))