Latvia - Apply for Normal Passport

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Procedure

Obtaining Citizen's Passport

1. Applications for Normal Passport are submitted and issued at the territorial section of the OCMA irrespective of the declared place of residence. Person who lives or resides abroad can submit documents for obtaining a passport to the Diplomatic or Consular Representative Office of the Republic of Latvia or at the department stated by the Department of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.
2. Fill up the form and submit it along with all the required documents.
3. Pay the passport application fee.

Lost Passport

1. If the passport has been lost, stolen or taken away by force, the person shall inform about this fact the passport issuing authority (the OCMA), the State Police or the State Border Guard, or, if abroad, the Diplomatic or Consular Representative Office of Latvia within 5 days.
2. Within 30 days after the determination of the fact the person shall submit documents to apply for a new passport.
3. If the person has reported about the loss of the passport in writing, in case the passport is found, it becomes invalid and a new passport must be obtained.

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Required Documents

Obtaining a passport for the first time

• certificate of birth, if person is under the age of 15 or a person has not been issued a passport after reaching the age of 15;
• (identification document issued abroad, if it is in holders possession;)

For lost, stolen or destroyed passport

• explanatory letter about the circumstances of the stolen, lost or destroyed passport;
• written application submitted by one of childs parents if under the age of 16.
• decision from Police about the persons application in case the passport was stolen;

Office Locations & Contacts

The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs

Info phone: 8300

Head of OCMA: Vilnis Jekabsons

Telephone: 67219183

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 67829825

Address: Riga, Ciekurkalna 1st line, 1, building 3

The reception time of the Head every first Friday of the month from 10.00 (with preliminary signing up phone: 67829773)

Persons Identification Documents Department

Inguss Treiguts

Telephone: 67219183

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 67829825

Address: Riga, Ciekurkalna 1st line, 1, building 3

PIDD Passport division: Dzintra Peneze

Telephone: 67216521

Email: [email protected]

Fax: 67219227

Address: Riga, Ciekurkalna 1st line, 1, building 3

For Regional Divisions: http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en/home/contacts/pmlp-divisions/

For Diplomatic and Consular Representations: http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/mission/

Eligibility

Since 1 January 2005, a personal identification document is compulsory from the age of 15. Since 1 May 2004, a person who has reached the age of 15 applies for a passport himself/herself. Documents to apply for a travelling document for a child under the age of 15 are submitted by a parent in the childs presence.

Fees

First time issuance

• 20 days - 15*
• 5 working days - 25
• 2 working days - 50
• 20 days - 5*
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 30

The validity term expired

• 20 days - 15*
• 5 working days - 25
• 2 working days - 50
• 20 days - 5*
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 30

Invalid for the travel

• 20 days - 15*
• 5 working days - 25
• 2 working days - 50
• 20 days - 5*
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 30

The persons name has changed

• 20 days - 15*
• 5 working days - 25
• 2 working days - 50
• 20 days - 5*
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 30

The legal status has changed

• 20 days - 15*
• 5 working days - 25
• 2 working days - 50
• 20 days - 5*
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 30

The change of the surname after the marriage and the documents are submitted within 30 days since the registration of the marriage

• 20 days - 15
• 5 working days - 15
• 2 working days - 15
• 20 days - 5
• 5 working days - 5
• 2 working days - 5

Repeated issuance of the passport (another reason **)

• 20 days - 20*
• 5 working days - 30
• 2 working days - 60
• 20 days - 10*
• 5 working days - 20
• 2 working days - 40

Note:*The rate of the state fee when a person submits an application and a document, which certifies the accelerated issuance (within 2 or 4 working days) of the passport, to the OCMA in the following cases of necessity:

1. A person needs medical treatment abroad;
2. A person needs to leave the country due to the illness or the death of a relative;
3. A person under the age of 18 or a student of an educational establishment makes an organised trip abroad.

Note:Other reasons**

1. A person wishes to receive the passport of the new format;
2. The previous passport has been lost;
3. The previous passport has been lost and found;
4. Other data have changed or inconsistencies have been established;
5. The persons appearance has changed;
6. The passport holds unprovided marks;
7. The previous passport has been damaged;
8. The passport does not comply with the prescribed format.

Details

Receiver: Valsts kase

Registration no. 90000050138

Account no. LV70TREL1060140918100

Office of destination: Valsts kase

BIC code: TRELLV22

Validity

• Persons under 5 years 2 years or for the validity of travel, if it is longer than 2 years, but no longer that 5 years;
• From the age of 5 to 20 for 5 years;
• From the age of 20 for 10 years

Documents to Use

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Sample Documents

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Processing Time

The standard procedure states that a passport is issued within 20 days after documents to apply for the passport have been submitted. According to the accelerated procedure a passport may be issued within two or five days (excluding the day when the documents were submitted).

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Instructions

Processing of passport is possible in local divisions of The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs only. Consultations concerning processing and issuance of passports are given by Drosma Ose, Senior Desk manager at Passport Division.

Required Information

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e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

A passport is a document, issued by the national government. It certifies the identity and nationality of the holder for travel abroad. It contains information about the holder; like name, gender, date and place of birth.

This document does not in itself entitle the passport holder entry into another country, nor consular protection while abroad nor any other privileges. However, it does normally allows the passport holder to return to the country where the passport was issued.

Rights to consular protection arises from international treaties, while the holder's return to the issuing country depends on the laws prevailing in that country.

Citizens passport is a persons identity document issued to the citizens of the Republic of Latvia.

Information which might help

Riga Working Hours

Monday 08:00 - 20:00

Tuesday 08:00 - 20:00

Wednesday 08:00 - 20:00

Thursday 08:00 - 20:00

Friday 08:00 - 20:00

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

• Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs: http://www.pmlp.gov.lv/en/home/services/passports/citizen%E2%80%99s-passport.html

Others

Name written on the passport

The persons name and surname (name) in the passport is written according to the laws and regulations on spelling of the name and surname in the Latvian language (State Language Law, Regulations No. 114 of the Cabinet of Ministers as of 2nd March 2004 Regulations on Spelling and Use of Names in the Latvian Language and Their Identification). If the spelling of the persons name in the passport differs from its spelling in the persons document in another language, or it differs from the historical form of the persons name or family name, the historical form of the persons family name or the original form of the persons name in another language in Latin transliteration is entered on Page 3 of the passport if the person or the parents of the minor request it and can provide documentary evidence.