IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author): “Information on the citizenship of a person born between 1910 and 1920 Pristan Korsakovo, district of Amurskaya in the Far East, whose parents' nationality is unknown and who moved to Georgia in the 1940s, married a Georgian, used her husband's name on all her personal documents, obtained an internal passport in Georgia in 1979 stating that she was born in Russia and is a Russian national, and obtained an external passport issued in Georgia in 1992, stating that her place of birth is Georgia [RUS16464.E]”, Document #1329572

Information on the citizenship of a person born between 1910 and 1920 Pristan Korsakovo, district of Amurskaya in the Far East, whose parents' nationality is unknown and who moved to Georgia in the 1940s, married a Georgian, used her husband's name on all her personal documents, obtained an internal passport in Georgia in 1979 stating that she was born in Russia and is a Russian national, and obtained an external passport issued in Georgia in 1992, stating that her place of birth is Georgia [RUS16464.E]

The representative of the consular section of the Embassy of Russia in Ottawa stated to the DIRB that all requests concerning Russian nationality must be individually presented at the consulate by the person concerned and must be accompanied by all relevant documents (21 Jan. 1994). The DIRB was unable to receive an answer to the above question from the Russian Consulate in Ottawa.

For information on "Propiska", please refer to the attached documents.

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

Consulate of Russia, Embassy of Russia, Ottawa. 21 January 1994. Telephone interview with representative.

Attachments

Documentation, Information and Research Branch, Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 4 January 1994. Response to Information Request RUS16144.E.
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. 7 January 1994. Response to Information Request RUS15852.E.

ecoi.net description:: Information on the citizenship of a person born between 1910 and 1920 Pristan Korsakovo, district of Amurskaya in the Far East, whose parents' nationality is unknown and who moved to Georgia in the 1940s, married a Georgian, used her husband's name on all her personal documents, obtained an internal passport in Georgia in 1979 stating that she was born in Russia and is a Russian national, and obtained an external passport issued in Georgia in 1992, stating that her place of birth is Georgia [RUS16464.E]

Country:: Russian Federation
Source:: IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Published:: 28 January 1994
Document type:: Response
Language:: English
Document ID:: 1329572 (former ID 193043)