Venezuela: Information on new travel restrictions affecting Venezuelan citizens leaving Venezuela and on whether they need an exit permit
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | VEN21577.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Venezuela: Information on new travel restrictions affecting Venezuelan citizens leaving Venezuela and on whether they need an exit permit, 1 September 1995, VEN21577.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab5280.html [accessed 6 June 2023] |
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In a telephone interview with the DIRB, an official at the Venezuelan embassy in Ottawa stated that no new travel restrictions have been put in place that would impede Venezuelans' right to travel in and out of Venezuela (8 Sept. 1995).
The official also mentioned that, in the aftermath of the financial scandals that shock Venezuela's banking sector in 1994, some of the newly-appointed directors and high-level managers of the banks involved are not allowed to leave Venezuela. The Venezuelan embassy in Ottawa has a list of names of these managers with their identity card numbers, the official added.
The official stated that ordinary Venezuelan citizens have remained free to travel abroad without any restrictions, even when constitutional guarantees were suspended by President Caldera during 1994 in response to the financial crisis.
For the most recent information on travelling to or out of Venezuela, please consult the attached section of the September 1995 Travel Information Manual (TIM).
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.
Reference
Embassy of the Republic of Venezuela, Ottawa. 8 September 1995. Telephone interview with an official.
Attachment
Travel Information Manual (TIM) [Hoofddorp. The Netherlands]. September 1995, pp. 386-89.
