Estonia - Apply for a Refugee's Travel Document

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Procedure

1. You apply for a refugee's travel document in person of by post.
2. In Person: To apply in person, go to a service office (see addresses below). Submit documents required for applying for refugee’s travel document. The official will fill in the application questionnaire on the spot (no need to fill it in advance) and will collect your fingerprints after.
3. By Post: Send your application (form can be downloaded below - see 'Documents to Use' section) for a refugee’s travel document and the required documents and copies of the original documents to the address:
   APPLICATION
   Police and Border Guard Administration
   Pärnu mnt 139
   15060 Tallinn
4. You may pay the fee through:
   1. bank transfer;
   2. Service Offices. The state fee can be paid in cash, by bankcard or by bank transfer through online bank, using the client computer at the Service Office. All most common debit and credit cards are accepted. American Express payment cards are not accepted.
5. The document will be issued to the applicant personally or to an authorised representative specified by the applicant upon the application for the document at a service office through the service office or foreign mission of the Republic of Estonia indicated in an application form within 30 days after acceptance of the application for processing.
6. You may check the status of your application online - LINK.

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Required Documents

• Completed application
• Colour photo by size of 40 x 50 mm. Photo Requirements

Note: The document photo can be taken free of charge in all service points.

• Document confirming payment of state fee
• Additional documents:
  • if you have moderate, severe or profound disability and favourable conditions of paying the state fee apply to you, please submit the document certifying the disability (for example, medial expert decision, pension certificate)
  • if you have changed your personal data (for example, name) in a foreign country and changed personal data are not entered to the Estonian population register, please submit document proving change of personal data (for example, marriage certificate)

When you pick up your document please bring the following:

• On receipt of a document: previously issued valid document of the same type
• Authorised representative:
  • your valid identity document issued in Estonia
  • valid document of the same type, issued to the applicant, if such document exists

Office Locations & Contacts

Service Offices in Estonia

Eligibility

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Fees

• By applying for the the refugee’s travel document: 20 €
• By applying for refugee's travel document in expedited order: 58 €
• By applying jointly for refugee's travel document and residence card: 25 €

By bank transfer:
Beneficiary: Rahandusministeerium

Beneficiary’s accounts:

SWEDBANK EE932200221023778606
SEB PANK EE891010220034796011
DANSKE BANK EE403300333416110002
NORDEA BANK EE701700017001577198

Reference number: 2900082443

To details of payment it is necessary to write name of the procedure, name of the person and ID-code (if it exists) on behalf of whom you are paying the state fee (for example: passport - Meeri Meri, 40302010000)

Validity

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e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Documents to Use

Refugee's Travel Document Application Form

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

You or your authorized representative (the one you specified on your application) may pick up your document at a service office foreign mission of the Republic of Estonia indicated in an application form within 30 days after acceptance of the application for processing.

A refugee's travel document applied for in expedited procedure will be issued within 2 working days (counting starts from working day following the day of submission of the application) to an applicant in person or to an authorised representative assigned by an applicant at the time of applying for the document in Tallinn Service Offices only.

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Instructions

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Required Information

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

Need for the Document

Refugee’s travel document is a document that is issued to a refugee for crossing the state border.

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Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

www2.politsei.ee

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