Today, April 19, is the 30th anniversary of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs. For 30 years, the OCMA has been implementing migration, asylum and naturalization policies, managing…
On Thursday, 15 April, the Saeima adopted in the final reading changes to the law extending the period of entry and residence in Latvia for the citizens of the United Kingdom following the withdrawal…
For several years now, the Office's experts in the field of identity documents have attended international conferences and seminars, as well as regularly participated in the meetings of the European…
We have been offering a limited range of services in person since last year, and you can visit the OCMA only by prior appointment. As a result, e-services are becoming increasingly popular. One of…
Starting as of 2012 until the end of 2020 Latvia has issued: 1 797 958 Latvian personal identity cards or eID cards, including 15 244 personal identity cards of the citizen of the European Union;…
Starting as of 1992 until the end of 2020 Latvia has issued: 7 583 436 passports, including: 1 221921 alien’s passports; 590 travel documents for persons, who have been granted an alternative…
Staff of OCMA - internationally recognised experts in the field of asylum affairs. In the final article on asylum affairs, we will summarise the successful work of the Office's asylum experts in…
Starting from April 12 changes will be made to the reception hours of visitors in Liepaja division. In the Liepaja division, visitors will be accepted in accordance with the following work schedule:…
In the series of articles on the asylum affairs, we cannot help but to tell about the accommodation services offered by the “Mucenieki” asylum centre. Read and find out: How do asylum seekers live?…
On April 1, the government decided that in order to reduce epidemiological risks, most of the pre-established epidemiological safety requirements and their control would remain in place even after…
