Passport & Registration Department is a separate structural unit registering the Azerbaijani nationals, foreign citizens and persons without citizenship by their residence and whereabouts, issuing identity registration documents including the uninational passports of Azerbaijan citizens, granting citizenship, restoring and cancelling the Azerbaijani citizenship and managing immigration issues within the competence of the Ministry. Uninational passports may be issued to citizens of Azerbaijan Republic at the regional divisions situated in the cities of Nakhchivan, Sheki, Lankaran, and Guba.