RAMADAN v. MALTA JUDGMENT 23 91. The Court reiterates that neither Article 8 nor any other provision of the Convention can be construed as guaranteeing, as such, the right to a particular type of residence permit (see Kaftailova, cited above, § 51). If it allows the holder to reside within the territory of the host country and to exercise freely there the right to respect for his or her private and family life, the granting of such a permit represents in principle a sufficient measure to meet the requirements of that provision. In such cases, the Court is not empowered to rule on whether the individual concerned should be granted one particular legal status rather than another, that choice being a matter for the domestic authorities alone (see Sisojeva and Others, cited above, § 91; Aristimuño Mendizabal v. France, no. 51431/99, § 66, 17 January 2006; Dremlyuga v. Latvia (dec.), no. 66729/01, 29 April 2003; and Gribenko v. Latvia (dec.), no. 76878/01, 15 May 2003). In this connection, the Court notes that various possibilities appear to be open to the applicant (see paragraph 37 and 79 above), such as applying for a work permit, and subsequently a residence permit, which could eventually again make him eligible for citizenship. However, the applicant has taken no such steps, which could have prevented any adverse impact on his private and family life (compare Savoia and Bounegru (dec.), cited above), and no valid explanation has been given for his inaction. The Court notes that the only alleged obstacle referred to by the applicant is a legal provision which is not yet in force (see paragraphs 37 and 39 above). 92. Similarly, in connection with the applicant’s claim that he is currently stateless, the Court notes that although, according to a letter by the Consul of the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the applicant’s request to renounce his Egyptian nationality was approved and his Egyptian passport withdrawn (see paragraph 10 above), he has not provided the Court with any official document (such as a presidential decree, which appears to be issued in such circumstances) confirming such renunciation. Nor has the applicant provided any information as to the possibilities of reacquiring Egyptian nationality (in the event that he has truly renounced that nationality). In any event, the fact that a foreigner has renounced his or her nationality of a State does not mean in principle that another State has the obligation to regularise his or her stay in the country (see, for instance, the case of Romanians who renounced their nationality and wanted to remain in Germany, in Dragan and Others v. Germany (dec.), no. 33743/03, 7 October 2004). 93. As to the applicant’s limited freedom of movement, which would more appropriately be examined under Article 2 of Protocol No. 4 to the Convention, the Court notes that this complaint was not brought before the domestic authorities, even though the applicant was meant to return his passport in 2007, when the decision to revoke his citizenship was issued. The fact that he failed to submit his passport to the authorities and continued to reap its benefits until 2014, when his passport expired, does not exempt