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Soviet Union: 1) Information on Canadian transit visa requirements for foreigners travelling by Aeroflot from the former Soviet Union to Cuba, making a stop in Gander in 1991; 2) possibility of bribery of Soviet immigration agents by those foreigners who did not hold a transit visa in 1991

1 March 1992 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Soviet Union: Data re: passport and exit visa requirements particularly for young men of conscription age

1 May 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Soviet Union: Consequences of "defection" (illegal departure) from the USSR

1 May 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

Soviet Union: 1) What is the state of religious freedom in the Soviet Union at the present time? 2) Are people put in jails or mental hospitals or exiled for their religious beliefs or practices? 3) If a Soviet citizen stays outside the USSR beyond the validity date of their exit visa or permit, what penalties may they suffer upon their return? 4) How difficult would it be for a citizen of the USSR to obtain a passport and an exit permit for a visit outside the USSR if that person had spent one year in jail and had been exiled for three years? 5) What is the treatment accorded to human rights activists in the USSR today?

1 April 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

1) What sanctions does the USSR apply against a Soviet (especially Lithuanian) citizen who: a) stays abroad beyond the expiry date of his exit visa, and/or b) applies abroad for recognition as a refugee? 2) Prior to the emergence of glasnost: a) what laws were on the books?; b) what penalties were in fact imposed under law? c) what additional, de facto penalties/sanctions/disadvantages were imposed? 3) Since the advent of glasnost: a) what changes have occurred re: #2? b) what is the present situation re: #2? 4) Are the consequences of staying beyond the initial expiry date of an exit visa dependant in any way upon whether the person applies for an extension/renewal/replacement of the exist visa (before its expiry? subsequent to its expiry?)? 5) Can a Soviet citizen (Lithuanian) safely apply for an extension/renewal/replacement of his Soviet exit visa while in Canada? If possible, please cite examples of the application of Soviet law and practice re: overstaying and re: refugee claims abroad. Cases which occurred subsequent to the advent of glasnost would be particularly useful

1 February 1990 | Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Query Responses

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