Updated: 30.10.2023.
Preparation of a certificate of politically repressed person
Necessary documents for issuing the certificate:
Application 1:
Application form for issuing a politically repressed person's identity card
2. identity document (passport, identity card);
3. 1 photograph (35 x 45 mm).
Documents can be submitted to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs:
1. by sending by post to any territorial department of the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (a list of territorial departments is available on the website)
2. with a secure electronic signature, by sending an e-mail to any territorial department of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office (a list of territorial departments is available on the website)
3. using the official electronic eAddress.
If a person has not been granted a status of a politically repressed person, in order to receive the certificate, at first the submission should be submitted regarding acquisition of a status of a politically repressed person and one of the documents referred to in Section 3, Paragraph two or Section 5, Paragraph two of the Law on Determination of the Status of a Politically Repressed Person for Victims of the Communist and Nazi Regimes, confirming the fact of repression.
Where to obtain additional information?
In case of any questions and uncertainties, you may obtain information by writing to the e-mail: pskn@pmlp.gov.lv or calling during working days to the phone +371 67209400.
Preparation of the certificate of a member of the national resistance movement
Persons, who wish to receive a certificate of a member of the national resistance movement, need to turn with a submission to their municipality.
Starting as of 24 October 2009, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs produces the certificates of new specimen for politically repressed persons and members of the national resistance movement, upon the presentation of which, the persons may receive the allowances determined by law at medical institutions, state and municipal institutions or public transportation.
The new certificates are ID-2 size (105x74mm) laminated cards, which include the following information from the Register of Natural Persons:
- name (names) and surname of the holder of the certificate;
- personal identity number of the holder of the certificate;
- photograph of the holder of the certificate;
- certificate number and date of issue;
- issuing authority;
- authority granting the status and decision number.
Acquisition of the status of a member of the Second World War and receipt of the memorial breast badge.
In accordance with the Law on the Status of the Second World War the status of a member of the Second World War is granted to the citizen of Latvia, corresponding with the following conditions:
1) he or she was the citizen of Latvia on 17 June 1940
or
had legally entered Latvia and was the habitual resident of Latvia on 17 June 1940
or
could apply for the citizenship of Latvia on 17 June 1940;
2) during the time period from 17 June 1940 to 2 September 1945 participated in the battle against the military formations of USSR, Nazi Germany or its allies as part of the regular military units of other countries.
Section 3 of the Law on the Status of a Member of the Second World War stipulates limitations for acquisition of the status of a member of the Second World War.
Documents necessary for acquisition of the status:
2) personal identification document (passport, personal identity card);
3) a document of the National Archive of Latvia, archive or state authorities of other countries regarding compliance with the status of a member of the Second World War (if any).
At the same time with submission regarding granting a status of the member of the Second World War, a person may submit also a submission on receipt of the certificate on the member of the Second World War and memorial breast badge.
Documents necessary for preparation of the certificate:
2) personal identification document (passport, personal identity card);
3) 1 photograph (35 x 45 mm).
Where can you submit the documents?
Currently it is possible to submit documents to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs only remotely:
- by sending via mail to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs to the address: Čiekurkalna 1.līnija 1 k-3, Riga, LV-1026.
- with a safe electronic signature by sending to the e-mail pskn@pmlp.gov.lv, attaching a copy of the personal identification document.
Documents can be submitted to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs:
1. by sending by post to any territorial division of the Directorate of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (a list of territorial departments is available on the website)
2. with a secure electronic signature, by sending an e-mail to any territorial division of the Citizenship and Migration Affairs Office (a list of territorial departments is available on the website)
3.electronically by usinf the official service eAddress.
Where to obtain additional information?
In case of any questions and uncertainties, you may obtain information by writing to the e-mail: pskn@pmlp.gov.lv or calling during working days to the phone +371 67209400.