Latvia: Update to Response to Information Request LVA20110.E of 8 March 1995 on the compliance of Latvian officials with the laws governing registration of residents, and on the requirements for citizenship acquisition placed upon ethnic Russians born in Latvia
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LVA23813.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Latvia: Update to Response to Information Request LVA20110.E of 8 March 1995 on the compliance of Latvian officials with the laws governing registration of residents, and on the requirements for citizenship acquisition placed upon ethnic Russians born in Latvia, 1 May 1996, LVA23813.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad0c84.html [accessed 16 October 2022] |
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For information on Latvian Citizenship and Immigration Department (CID) compliance with court decisions on registration, please consult the second paragraph below the subtitle "Problematic CID" on page two of the Human Rights and Civil Society attachment of 1996. Please also consult that attachment for information on noncitizens in Latvia, on a law on former USSR citizens, on the human rights and legal status of noncitizens, on the rate of naturalization, and for further information on the CID. For additional information on CID compliance with laws affecting noncitizens, please consult the last sentence of page 922 and the seventh paragraph of page 926 of Country Reports 1995, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres.
For information on the rules and procedures for naturalization, please consult the Labrit attachment of 11 August 1994, which contains a copy of the Latvian Citizenship Law, and the Council of Europe document of March 1996. For further information on this subject and on naturalization, please consult the first paragraph of page 923 and page 926 of Country Reports 1995.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.
Attachments
Council of Europe. March 1996. European Bulletin on Nationality. Strasbourg: Council of Europe, pp. 81-84.
Human Rights and Civil Society, [Vienna]. 1996. Vol. 2, No. 2. Nils Muiznieks. "Non-Citizens in Latvia," pp. 1-2.
Labrit [Riga, in Latvian]. 11 August 1994. "Text of Citizenship Law." (FBIS-SOV-94-162 22 Aug. 1994, pp. 69-74)
