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Number of foreign citizens staying in Latvia with temporary residence permits by country of origin by 1 January Country | 2007 | 2008 | Afghanistan | 2 | 3 | Albania | 3 | 2 | Algiers | 5 | 6 | Argentina | 7 | 7 | Armenia | 113 | 172 | USA | 318 | 345 | Australia | 27 | 35 | Austria | 31 | 42 | Azerbaijan | 74 | 95 | Stateless person of Belarus | 6 | 8 | Belarus | 654 | 750 | Bangladesh | 3 | 4 | Belgium | 36 | 43 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 2 | Brazil | 5 | 15 | Bulgaria | 11 | 310 | Czech Republic | 28 | 84 | Denmark | 210 | 252 | Republic of South Africa | 3 | 4 | Yugoslavia | 1 | 1 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 1 | Egypt | 14 | 18 | Philippines | 3 | 8 | France | 98 | 138 | Greece | 9 | 12 | Georgia | 46 | 118 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | Croatia | 6 | 7 | Stateless person of Estonia | 29 | 31 | Non-citizen of Estonia | 1 | 0 | Estonia | 307 | 381 | India | 103 | 114 | Indonesia | 1 | 2 | Iraq | 1 | 1 | Iran | 5 | 1 | Ireland | 21 | 27 | Iceland | 15 | 21 | Italy | 85 | 119 | Israel | 210 | 246 | Japan | 14 | 18 | New Zealand | 7 | 11 | Jordan | 0 | 2 | Cameroon | 8 | 6 | Canada | 32 | 33 | Kazakhstan | 78 | 109 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 11 | 17 | Colombia | 4 | 5 | Korea | 21 | 26 | Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | Russia | 2799 | 3182 | Cuba | 4 | 6 | China | 53 | 53 | Latvia | 30 | 43 | Lebanon | 37 | 30 | United Kingdom | 211 | 263 | Lithuania | 1 | 0 | Lithuania | 1022 | 1273 | Liechtenstein | 1 | 1 | Luxemburg | 1 | 1 | Macedonia | 2 | 0 | Malaysia | 8 | 9 | Malta | 4 | 4 | Morocco | 6 | 10 | Mauritius | 2 | 1 | Mexico | 12 | 28 | Stateless person of Moldova | 1 | 1 | Moldova | 142 | 423 | Mongolia | 6 | 18 | Nepal | 16 | 22 | Unknown | 3 | 4 | Netherlands | 64 | 105 | Nigeria | 12 | 16 | Non-citizen of Norway | 1 | 0 | Norway | 75 | 104 | Pakistan | 23 | 20 | Peru | 2 | 2 | Poland | 162 | 266 | Portugal | 20 | 38 | USSR | 1 | 0 | Ruanda | 1 | 1 | Romania | 11 | 72 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2 | Serbia | 3 | 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6 | 4 | Singapore | 7 | 5 | Stateless person of Syria | 2 | 1 | Syria | 24 | 31 | Slovakia | 10 | 19 | Slovenia | 3 | 5 | Somalia | 7 | 7 | Stateless person of Finland | 1 | 1 | Finland | 195 | 209 | Spain | 35 | 67 | Sudan | 1 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 78 | 77 | Refugee of Switzerland | 0 | 1 | Switzerland | 21 | 23 | Tajikistan | 15 | 23 | Thailand | 22 | 22 | Tanzania | 1 | 0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0 | Tunisia | 1 | 2 | Turkey | 52 | 122 | Turkmenistan | 8 | 8 | Uganda | 1 | 1 | Ukraine | 962 | 1334 | Hungary | 12 | 14 | Uzbekistan | 91 | 251 | Stateless person of Germany | 2 | 1 | Germany | 497 | 675 | Venezuela | 2 | 2 | Vietnam | 3 | 3 | Sweden | 188 | 243 | TOTAL | 9655 | 12815 | Number of first time temporary residence permits issued in Latvia per year by country of origin Country | 2006 | 2007 | Afghanistan | 3 | 1 | Stateless person of Albania | | 1 | Albania | 3 | 0 | Algiers | 2 | 2 | USA | 164 | 151 | Argentina | 0 | 1 | Armenia | 15 | 85 | Australia | 7 | 13 | Austria | 15 | 13 | Azerbaijan | 11 | 29 | Stateless person of Belarus | 3 | 3 | Belarus | 191 | 244 | Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | Belgium | 23 | 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | Brazil | 2 | 16 | Bulgaria | 5 | 313 | Czech Republic | 12 | 53 | Denmark | 51 | 52 | Republic of South Africa | 1 | 1 | Yugoslavia | 0 | 0 | Dominican Republic | 1 | 0 | Egypt | 8 | 5 | Philippines | 1 | 5 | France | 49 | 47 | Greece | 4 | 6 | Georgia | 11 | 99 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | Stateless person of Estonia | 2 | 7 | Non-citizen of Estonia | 1 | 1 | Estonia | 65 | 87 | India | 21 | 40 | Indonesia | 1 | 1 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | Iran | 3 | 0 | Iceland | 3 | 6 | Italy | 38 | 36 | Israel | 53 | 73 | Ireland | 6 | 6 | Japan | 2 | 6 | New Zealand | 1 | 6 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | Canada | 8 | 5 | Kazakhstan | 17 | 41 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | Cyprus | 1 | 0 | Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 10 | Colombia | 2 | 1 | Korea | 18 | 7 | Costa Rica | 0 | 1 | Russian Federation | 578 | 727 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | China | 28 | 11 | Stateless person of Latvia | 9 | 12 | Lebanon | 3 | 2 | United Kingdom | 56 | 69 | Stateless person of Lithuania | 1 | 1 | Lithuania | 290 | 321 | Luxemburg | 1 | 1 | Macedonia | 2 | 0 | Malaysia | 5 | 5 | Malta | 1 | 0 | Morocco | 3 | 5 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | Mexico | 9 | 21 | Stateless person of Moldova | 0 | 0 | Moldova | 123 | 514 | Mongolia | 0 | 14 | Nepal | 9 | 9 | Unknown | 1 | 2 | Nigeria | 4 | 7 | Netherlands | 26 | 41 | Non-citizen of Norway | 1 | 0 | Norway | 30 | 33 | Pakistan | 2 | 6 | Peru | 1 | 0 | Poland | 74 | 106 | Portugal | 15 | 20 | Ruanda | 0 | 0 | Romania | 4 | 64 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1 | Serbia | 2 | 8 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | 0 | Singapore | 4 | 0 | Stateless person of Syria | 0 | 0 | Syria | 4 | 9 | Slovakia | 7 | 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | Somalia | 7 | 0 | Stateless person of Finland | 1 | 0 | Finland | 38 | 28 | Spain | 24 | 31 | Sudan | 0 | 0 | Sri Lanka | 8 | 4 | Switzerland | 11 | 3 | Refugee of Switzerland | 0 | 1 | Tajikistan | 1 | 11 | Taiwan | 1 | 0 | Thailand | 22 | 21 | Tanzania | 1 | 0 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 0 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | Turkey | 42 | 99 | Turkmenistan | 3 | 2 | Uganda | 0 | 1 | Ukraine | 241 | 648 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | Uzbekistan | 67 | 198 | Stateless person of Germany | 1 | 0 | Germany | 260 | 207 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | Vietnam | 1 | 0 | Sweden | 64 | 64 | TOTAL | 2928 | 4831 |
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