Project NO. PMLP/PMIF/2018/3 “Enhancement and Development of Naturalization Support Information System and Related Processes”
Project objective:
To improve the quality of the naturalization process.
The project achieved the following results:
- Establishment of new Citizenship Acquisition and Loss Information System;
- Development of technical data exchange solution for data exchange with PIZIS on administrative violations (as part of the IC MoI event).
- Enhancement of the monitoring tool for monitoring persons who have committed criminal offenses, incorporating the necessary audits from PIZIS (as part of the IC MoI activity).
- Installation of modern video surveillance system at naturalization examination sites;
- Implementation of informational campaigns on the possibility of acquiring Latvian citizenship through naturalization and the required tests;
- Development of an electronic self-assessment tool for language skills and knowledge required for acquiring Latvian citizenship;
- Provision of training sessions for parties involved in the naturalization procedure;
- Equipping workstations for employees involved in migration and naturalization, acquisition of equipment for playing audio materials during examinations;
- Preparation of new audio recordings for naturalization examination listening tasks.
- Equipping of 4 naturalization examination rooms with furniture, computers, and additional equipment.
Project start date: 09/04/2019
Project completion date: 30/06/2023
Duration of the project (months): 50 months
Total funding: 1,183,208 EUR
Fund funding: 887,406 EUR
State funding: 295,802 EUR
The Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (OCMA), in cooperation with the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior (IC MoI).
Contacts:
IC MoI:
Māris Orniņš
Project Manager
E-mail: maris.ornins@ic.iem.gov.lv
OCMA:
Jānis Reiniks
Project Manager
Phone +371 67219426
E-mail: janis.reiniks@pmlp.gov.lv