IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author): “Whether a Sri Lankan, while living in 1997 at Poonthoddam Camp or other similar refugee camps in Sri Lanka, could have applied for and received a passport; if so, the procedure and required documents [LKA35602.E]”, Document #1210920

Whether a Sri Lankan, while living in 1997 at Poonthoddam Camp or other similar refugee camps in Sri Lanka, could have applied for and received a passport; if so, the procedure and required documents [LKA35602.E]

In an interview on 5 October 2000, the Counsellor at the High Commission for Sri Lanka stated nothing would have stopped a person living in a refugee camp in Sri Lanka in 1997 in applying for a passport at the nearest office. The documents required for obtaining a passport are a birth certificate and a National Identity Card.

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 to refugee status or asylum.

Reference

High Commission for the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ottawa. 5 October 2000. Telephone interview with Counsellor.

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Country:: Sri Lanka
Source:: IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Published:: 10 October 2000
Document type:: Response
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1210920 (former ID 185345)