Immigration to Yemen
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Immigration to Yemen is regulated by the Passport and Immigration Department of Yemen.
Regulation
{{main|Visa policy of Yemen}}
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Visitors to Yemen must obtain a visa from one of the Yemeni diplomatic missions, unless they come from one of the visa countries whose citizens may obtain visa on arrival.{{cite web|title=Visa Information - Yemen|url=https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=YE&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C|work=Timatic|publisher=IATA|accessdate=17 December 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140314210647/https://www.timaticweb.com/cgi-bin/tim_website_client.cgi?FullText=1&COUNTRY=YE&SECTION=VI&SUBSECTION=00&user=KLMB2C&subuser=KLMB2C|archive-date=14 March 2014|url-status=dead}}
Until January 2010, Yemen had a visa on arrival policy for some 50 nations.{{cite news|title=Yemen stops issuing tourist visas on arrival to foreigners|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/333172|accessdate=2 January 2015|agency=Arab News|date=22 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111192425/http://www.arabnews.com/node/333172|archive-date=11 January 2017|url-status=dead}}
Demographics
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Tourism in Yemen is overseen by the Government of Yemen's Ministry of Tourism.
According to the World Bank, there were an estimated 1,174,000 international inbound tourists in Yemen in 2012.{{cite web|title=International tourism, number of arrivals|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL|publisher=World Bank|accessdate=19 July 2013}} Additionally, the USCRI indicates that Yemen hosted a population of refugees and asylum seekers numbering around 124,600 in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.refugees.org/resources/refugee-warehousing/archived-world-refugee-surveys/2008-world-refugee-survey.html |title=World Refugee Survey 2008 |publisher=USCRI |date=19 June 2008 |accessdate=2 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019224639/http://www.refugees.org/resources/refugee-warehousing/archived-world-refugee-surveys/2008-world-refugee-survey.html |archivedate=19 October 2014 }}
Citizenship
{{main|Constitution of Yemen}}
According to Article 44 of the national constitution, Yemeni nationality is regulated by the law. Citizenship may not be withdrawn unless it is in accordance to the law.{{cite web|title=The Constitution of the Republic of Yemen|url=http://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain?page=category&category=LEGAL&publisher=&type=&coi=YEM&docid=3fc4c1e94&skip=0|accessdate=2 January 2015}}
In addition, per Article 45 of the constitution, a citizen of Yemen cannot be extradited to a foreign authority.
See also
References
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