IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author): “Information on whether it is state policy to always indicate ethnicity in the new Kazakh external passports (issued since 1995), and if not, whether ethnicity is indicated if requested by individuals; also, if ethnicity is indicated upon request, information on the documentation the authorities require as proof of ethnicity [KKT26991.E]”, Document #1071895

Information on whether it is state policy to always indicate ethnicity in the new Kazakh external passports (issued since 1995), and if not, whether ethnicity is indicated if requested by individuals; also, if ethnicity is indicated upon request, information on the documentation the authorities require as proof of ethnicity [KKT26991.E]

The 12 February 1996 OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) Daily Report states:

Kazakhstan has done away with the old Soviet-era practice that required citizens to have a mandatory residential registration stamp (propiska) and to indicate their nationality on their passports, Russian Public TV reported on 11 February.

Additional information on the above-mentioned topics could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Reference

OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) Daily Report [Prague]. 12 February 1996. No. 30. "Kazakhstan Simplifies Passport System."

Attachment

OMRI (Open Media Research Institute) Daily Report [Prague]. 12 February 1996. No. 30. "Kazakhstan Simplifies Passport System."

Additional Sources Consulted

CSCE Digest [Washington]. Monthly.

DIRB country file on Kazakhstan.

DIRB databases.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Reports.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. Monthly.

Transition [Prague]. Twice monthly.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Quarterly.

Three oral sources contacted did not provide information on the requested topics.

Unsuccessful attempts to contact other oral sources.

ecoi.net description:: Information on whether it is state policy to always indicate ethnicity in the new Kazakh external passports (issued since 1995), and if not, whether ethnicity is indicated if requested by individuals; also, if ethnicity is indicated upon request, information on the documentation the authorities require as proof of ethnicity [KKT26991.E]

Country:: Kazakhstan
Source:: IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Published:: 9 June 1997
Document type:: Response
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1071895 (former ID 183560)