The cases of deportation from Lebanon for the Arabs and foreigners transgressors, and the  cases of issuing an entry denied warrant against them. 

The status / situation	The Decision
1-   A citizen from an Arabic or foreign nationality, who is arrested and submitted to the General Security according to an abstract of judgment on a criminal offence.	- He is deported and a permanent proclamation of entrance banning is issued against him.
2-   A citizen from an Arabic or foreign nationality, who is arrested on a criminal offence and he is released by a monetary bail and still under trial waiting for the final judgment.	- He is deported and a proclamation of entrance banning until further notes is issued against him. - He is allowed to enter Lebanon for attending the courts’ sessions pursuant to a request presented by his attorney in accordance with regulations.
3-   A citizen from an Arabic or foreign nationality, who is arrested and submitted to the General Security for the crime of entering surreptitiously.	- He is deported and a proclamation of entrance banning for a period of five years is issued against him for the first time and ten year for the second time.
4-   A citizen from an Arabic or foreign nationality, who violated the residence's terms and a deportation decision is issued against him.	- He is deported and a proclamation of entrance banning for a period of three years is issued against him for the first time and ten year for the second time.
5-   A citizen from the Syrian nationality being arrested and submitted to the General Security according to an abstract of judgment on a criminal offence.	- He is deported and submitted to the Syrian authorities and a permanent proclamation of entrance banning is issued against him.
6-   A citizen from the Syrian nationality, who is arrested on a criminal offence and he is released by a monetary bail while waiting for the final judgment.	- He is deported and submitted to the Syrian authorities and a permanent proclamation of entrance banning until further notes is issued against him. - He is allowed to enter Lebanon for attending the courts’ sessions pursuant to a request presented by his attorney in accordance with regulations.
7-   A citizen from the Syrian nationality, who is arrested for the crime of entering surreptitiously.	- He is deported and submitted to the Syrian authorities and a proclamation of entrance banning is issued against him according to the following: - For the first time: A period of one year. - For the second time: A period of five years. - For the third time: A period of ten years.
8-   A citizen from the Syrian nationality being arrested for not holding an identification card and it has been proven that he entered Lebanon legally.	- A minutes process of the fact will be organized, and a certified copy of it is delivered to the concerned individual, who is asked to depart within /48/ hours to settle his situation in Syria. - If it has been proven that he possesses a passport then he will not be asked to leave, and a certified copy of the minutes process is delivered to him in order to present it to the Syrian authorities.
9-   A citizen from the Syrian nationality who presented a statement of losing his identification card at the attorney general and it has been proven after the investigations, that he entered Lebanon legally.	- A minutes process of the fact will be organized, and a certified copy of it is delivered to the concerned individual, who is asked to depart within /48/ hours to settle his situation in Syria. - If it has been proven that he possesses a passport then he will not be asked to leave, and a certified copy of the minutes process is delivered to him in order to present it to the Syrian authorities.
10- A citizen from the Syrian nationality who presented a statement of losing his identification documents to the General Security, without possessing  the documents proving that he is the concerned individual.	- The confirmation of the identification card of the concerned individual pursuant to any official document with his photograph on it before implementing the investigations.   - In case that the concerned individual is incapable of presenting any identification document the Attorney General is contacted for executing according to his instructions.
11- A citizen from the Syrian nationality who presented a statement of losing his entrance card and his return coupon.	- If it has been proven that he entered legally: A copy of the investigation process is delivered to him, and he must be informed the necessity of obtaining a new card and new coupon without deportation. - if it has not been proven that he entered  legally: A copy of the investigation process is delivered to him and he is deported and submitted to the Syrian authorities, and his entrance banning will be dealt with in accordance with the above mentioned cases.
12- A woman from the Syrian citizenship who is married to a Lebanese and that has presented a request of losing identification documents.	- A copy of the investigation process is delivered to her and she is informed the necessity of obtaining identification documents as a substitute of the lost.

 

 

 

First: The immediate deportation:

11-    It is every deportation or expulsion process of a passenger who left Lebanon to the deporting country directly or via a third country by transit and stayed inside the airport's premises in both countries.

12-   The deportation or the expulsion are considered immediate if it is completed within 4 days from the departure date of the deported from Lebanon without leaving the premises of the airport in the deporting country or in the transit country.

13-    Lebanon accepts immediate deportation or expulsion within the above mentioned terms without a prematurely approval from the Lebanese General Security provided that the deportation process is achieved on the same airplane or on the following trip.

14-    Lebanon does not accept the deportation of a passenger from a third country if he has passed through a second country and was allowed to enter it, instead he should be sent back to the second country which will handle the treatment of his situation with the competent Lebanese authorities.

 

Second: The non-immediate deportation or expulsion:

21- It is every deportation or expulsion process of a Lebanese traveler or a Palestinian refugee holding a Lebanese travel document or holding  a Lebanese transit passport from the under consideration nationality valid for several trips and that the period of his departure from Lebanon is more than four days  regardless of his status  abroad.

22-  The non-immediate departure or expulsion application is presented at:

·  - Either to the Lebanese embassy at the deporting country.

·  - Or to the General Directorate of the General Security through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants by the embassy of the deporting country accredited to Lebanon.

·  Or directly to the General Directorate of the General Security by the embassy of the deporting country accredited in Lebanon and that in particular and urgent cases.

    23-   The non-immediate deportation or expulsion request includes the following information:

·        The full name of the deported individual.

·        The number of the travel document and the issuing date.

·        A document that proves his nationality.

·        A photograph of the deported individual.

·        The date of his departure from Lebanon.

·        The date of his arrival to the deporting country.

·        The name of his town of origin in Lebanon.

·        The residence address in Lebanon and the telephone numbers.

·        A justification for the period of the interval break between the departure from Lebanon and his arrival to the deporting country.

·        The reasons of deportation.

·        The family status of the deported individual (particularly if his minor children remain in the deporting country).

·        The names and the degree of kinship of the deported members of his family if they exist.

·        The numbers of their travel documents and the issuing date of each one.

·        The means of deportation: private airplane – normal trip with or without escort.

·        The names of the escort members, the type of the weapons they are carrying, the kind and the period of their residence in Lebanon: passage, transit or temporary residence.

    24-   The deportation or the expulsion from a third country for a Lebanese or a Palestinian refugee holding a Lebanese travel document to Lebanon, or holding a Lebanese transit passport from the under consideration nationality valid for several trips is not accepted if the deported has passed through a second country and was allowed to enter it, instead he must be sent back to this second country that handles the treatment with the competent Lebanese authorities.

  

 Third: The deportation for judicial and security reasons:

  

  31-     If the deportation or the expulsion of a Lebanese or a Palestinian refugee holding a Lebanese travel document to Lebanon, or holding a Lebanese transit passport from the under consideration nationality valid for several trips, is an execution of a judicial verdict in the deporting country, the deporting country has to obtain an prematurely approval from the Public  Discriminatory Prosecution in Lebanon and an administrative approval from the General Directorate of the General Security pursuant to the deporting report mentioned above in paragraph (23), in addition to a summary of the judicial record of the deported individual.

    32-   If the deportation or the expulsion is due to security reasons, it should require the prematurely approval from the General Directorate of the General Security and to submit a document that includes the information in the above mentioned paragraph (23), in addition to a summary of the security record of the concerned individual. 

 

  Fourth: The collective  deportation or expulsion:

The applications for collective deportation or expulsion are not accepted unless after consulting the General Directorate of the competent authorities and pursuant to the execution meetings held between the competent authorities in both countries.

 

Fifth: General rules / judgment:

If the deportation or the expulsion are via a private or normal airplane with an escort regardless of the reason for deportation, the deporting country needs the prematurely approval from the Public Discriminatory Prosecution in Lebanon and from the General Directorate of the General Security followed by the permission of landing at Beirut International Airport from the General Directorate of the Civil Aviation, in the case of a private plane.

 

 

 Sixth: The deportation from Syria to Lebanon: 
    In the case of the deportation and expulsion from Syria to Lebanon, the following instructions are applied