Sri Lanka: Whether a Sri Lankan, while living in 1997 at Poonthoddam Camp or other similar refugee camps in Sri Lanka, could have applied for and received a passport; if so, the procedure and required documents
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 10 October 2000 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LKA35602.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Sri Lanka: Whether a Sri Lankan, while living in 1997 at Poonthoddam Camp or other similar refugee camps in Sri Lanka, could have applied for and received a passport; if so, the procedure and required documents, 10 October 2000, LKA35602.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be618.html [accessed 5 June 2023] |
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In an interview on 5 October 2000, the Counsellor at the High Commission for Sri Lanka stated nothing would have stopped a person living in a refugee camp in Sri Lanka in 1997 in applying for a passport at the nearest office. The documents required for obtaining a passport are a birth certificate and a National Identity Card.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
High Commission for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ottawa. 5 October 2000. Telephone interview with Counsellor.
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