legally effective. 19. Citizenship as a result of birth is regulated under Article 12 of the Law on Citizenship, which provides that: I. II. III. IV. V. a child whose parents, at the moment of birth, are citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic regardless of his/her place of birth; if one of the parents of a child is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic and the other parent is a citizen of another country, the citizenship of the child, regardless of his/her place of birth, will be determined by the written consent of his/her parents; if one of the parents of a child is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic and the other parent is a person without citizenship, the child is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic regardless of his/her place of birth; if a child is born in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, and the parents of that child are persons without citizenship permanently residing in the Kyrgyz Republic, the child is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic; and, a child that is located in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic, whose parents are unknown to him/her, is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic. 20. Under Article 13.1 of the Law on Citizenship, foreign citizens and persons without citizenship who have reached the age of 18 have the right to apply for citizenship in accordance with the general procedure if they: I. have continuously and uninterruptedly lived in the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic for the last five years at the moment of filing the application. The term of residence is considered uninterrupted if a person left the Kyrgyz Republic for no longer than three months during any one year; II. can speak the state or official language of the Kyrgyz Republic for sufficient communication; the procedure for identifying the level of knowledge of the state or official languages is set out in the regulations; III. undertake to comply with the Constitution and legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic; and IV. have a source of subsistence. 21. Under Article 14.1, certain foreign citizens and persons without citizenship who have reached the age of 18 may apply to be granted citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic in accordance with a simplified procedure, where the time period of their residence in Kyrgyzstan is reduced to one year. 22. Under Article 14.2, Persons of Kyrgyz ethnicity having foreign citizenship, or without citizenship, former citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic returning to the Kyrgyz Republic for permanent residence, as well as female foreign citizens and stateless persons married to a Kyrgyz citizen, and coming to the Kyrgyz Republic for permanent residence will be granted citizenship of the Kyrgyz Republic without having to serve a period of residency and without having to comply with the conditions in clause 1 of Article 13. 23. Pursuant to Article 14.2, the following persons will be granted citizenship in accordance with the simplified procedure set out in Article 14.3: I. a child, one of whose parents is citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic – by application of this parent and with the written consent of the other parent; II. a child, whose only parent is a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic – by application of this parent; 5