Currently, 306,345* people with a non-citizen's passport live in Latvia. Of these, 209 007 are non-citizens of Latvia, 97,178 are citizens of another country and 160 are stateless. The number of…
On Tuesday, April 20, the Cabinet of Ministers supported amendments to the Law on the Management of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection, extending the period until which foreign nationals can re-apply…
We continue to talk about the field of naturalization. Today we talk about how the granting of citizenship to non-citizen children has changed over time. On 1 January 2021, 3,440 non-citizens under…
Since 1995, 147,893 people have become citizens of Latvia through naturalization. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the naturalization process. What is naturalization? It is a person's…
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…
