Non-citizens in Latvia

Published: 15 July 2000 y., Saturday
About 22,000 non-citizens have not yet exchanged their former USSR passports for the Latvian non-citizen passports, according to the Press Secretary at the Citizenship and Migration Administration's Passport Centre, Diana Urtane. 503,462 non-citizens have been registered in Latvia overall, 93% of whom have valid documents. 38,500 non-citizens had not received their Latvian non-citizen passports by March 31 - the closing date for switching the USSR passport.
Šaltinis: latbits.com
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