Libya: Information on renewing an older (green) passport via the Libyan Embassy in Canada, including requirements and procedures (2014-August 2016)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Publication Date | 24 October 2016 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | LBY105667.E |
| Related Document(s) | Libye : information sur le renouvellement des anciens passeports (verts) à l'ambassade de la Libye au Canada, y compris sur les exigences et la marche à suivre (2014-août 2016) |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Libya: Information on renewing an older (green) passport via the Libyan Embassy in Canada, including requirements and procedures (2014-August 2016), 24 October 2016, LBY105667.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/585a81014.html [accessed 25 May 2023] |
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Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa
1. Renewing a Passport
According to a translated July 2014 communiqué posted on the website of the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa, passports issued since 2007 will be renewed for "a validity period of two years[,] [p]assports issued in 2006 will be renewed for one year [and] [p]assports issued before 2006 will be renewed for six months" (Libya 14 July 2014). The same source further states that the validity period of the passport when applying for renewal must be less than 10 months, and passports that are valid for more than 10 months "will not be renewed" (ibid.).
According to the communiqué, the following must be included when renewing a passport:
Fill out 1 copy of Passport Renewal Form…
1 photo, dimensions 3x4 cm
It should include the stamp of the photographer on the back and it should be taken no more than 30 days prior to the submission date.
The passport to be renewed.
Money postal order or certified cheque in the amount of CAN$ 30.00, payable to the Embassy of Libya.
Prepaid registered envelop for the purpose of returning the passport - please include name, address and telephone number. (ibid)
Further and corroborating information on the renewal of passports could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
2. Obtaining a New Passport
The website of the Embassy of Libya in Ottawa notes that
The Embassy would like to inform the Libyan community that the Embassy has run out of new passports. Therefore, we are unable to process applications for new passports until the passports arrive from Libya. However, the Embassy can renew the validity of expired passports. (Libya n.d.)
According to the same source, the following is required to obtain a new passport:
Fill out 2 copies of Form 1 (Obtaining a passport). …
3 photos, dimensions 3x4 cm
The name should be included on the back, as well as the stamp of the photographer. The photos should be taken no more than 15 days prior to the submission date.
Photocopy of the family booklet of the head of the household
Photocopy of identity card
Photocopy of birth certificate, extract from the family booklet
Previous passport
Money postal order or certified cheque in the amount of CAN$ 45.00, payable to the Embassy of Libya.
Prepaid registered envelop for the purpose of returning the passport - please include name, address and telephone number.
The passport is valid for only two years as of the date of issue.
Please send the documents to:
Embassy of Libya, Consular Section
Suite 1000, 81 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 6K7
You may submit the documents in person to the Consular Services. (ibid.)
A translated copy of the application for a new passport is attached to this Response. Further and corroborating information on obtaining a passport from the Libyan Embassy in Ottawa, including availability of new passports, could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints of this Response.
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 for refugee protection. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
References
Libya. 14 July 2014. Embassy of Libya in Ottawa. "Renewing Your Passport." Translated by the Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2016]
Libya. N.d. Embassy of Libya in Ottawa. "New Passport." Translated by the Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2016]
Additional Sources Consulted
Oral Sources: Libya - Embassy in Ottawa.
Internet Sources, Including: CBC; Factiva; Ottawa Citizen; United Nations - Refworld.
Attachments
Libya. N.d. Embassy of Libya in Ottawa. "Application." Translated by the Translation Bureau, Public Works and Government Services Canada. [Accessed 13 Oct. 2016]
