A Union citizen or his/her family member shall not be issued the registration card, permanent residence card, residence permit or permanent residence permit if:

  • a Union citizen is not able to file the documents required for requesting the registration card or the permanent residence card;

  • a family member of a Union citizen is not able to file the documents required for requesting the residence document;

  • false information has been provided for requesting a registration card, permanent residence card, residence permit or permanent residence permit;

  • there is reason to believe that the person has entered into a marriage of convenience or a registered partnership of convenience with the sole purpose to acquire the right of residence in the Republic of Latvia;

  • competent State authorities have provided information indicating that the person poses a threat to public security, public policy or public health. A threat to public health shall be deemed to exist if a person has become infected with an infectious disease specified in the Cabinet regulation specifying the procedures for mandatory medical and laboratory examination, mandatory and forced isolation and treatment in cases of infectious diseases. The condition on a threat to public health shall not apply, where the disease has been detected within three months after entry in the Republic of Latvia;

  • a Union citizen or his/her family member, who is applying for a document certifying the right of permanent residence, has resided outside the Republic of Latvia for more than six months a year. This condition shall not apply to any absence due to mandatory military service or an extraordinary absence not exceeding 12 consecutive months due to an important reason (for example, pregnancy, childbirth, illness, studies or work assignment in another country);

  • the permanent residence card is being requested by a Union citizen, or his/her family member, who has been a citizen of Latvia or a non-citizen of Latvia and for whom there has been a reason to revoke the status of a citizen of Latvia or a non-citizen of Latvia;

  • a Union citizen has not met the deadline for filing the documents (30 days after acquiring citizenship of a Member State), except the case where the Union citizen can prove that the deadline has been missed due to justified reasons.