Published on 26 May 2026
 
FOURTH SECTION
Application no. 30630/24
M.D.
against Georgia
lodged on 15 October 2024
communicated on 6 May 2026
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The application concerns the refusal by the Georgian authorities to grant the applicant a permanent residence permit. The applicant, an Iranian national, has been residing in Georgia since 2017 on the basis of various temporary residence permits. On 17 July 2018 he married a Georgian national. On 22 May 2019 the applicant applied for a permanent residence permit, but his request was refused on the grounds that he represented a threat to national security. Following a remittal and two rounds of proceedings, the refusal was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court of Georgia on 3 June 2024.
The applicant complains under Article 8 of the Convention that the decision to refuse his residence permit violated his right to respect for private and/or family life, as it deprived him of any legal basis to remain in Georgia. In this connection, he complains that he was not informed of the facts that led to the conclusion that he posed a threat to national security and was, therefore, deprived of a possibility to refute those allegations.
 
 
 
QUESTION TO THE PARTIES
Has there been an interference with the applicant’ s right to respect for his private and/or family life, within the meaning of Article 8 § 1 of the Convention (see Gaspar v. Russia, no. 23038/15, 12 June 2018; Mirzoyan v. the Czech Republic, nos. 15117/21 and 15689/21, 16 May 2024; and Trapitsyna and Isaeva v. Hungary, no. 5488/22, 19 September 2024)? If so, was that interference in accordance with the law and necessary in terms of Article 8 § 2? In particular, were the relevant domestic proceedings attended by sufficient procedural guarantees?