Dokument #1226482
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For information on this topic, please see
the attached Response to Information Request SUN9695. An official
from the Embassy of the Soviet Union provided the following
additional information in a telephone interview on 14 November
1991.
A Soviet citizen having permanent residence
status abroad who wishes to return to live in the Soviet Union must
send a message to the Consular Office abroad explaining the purpose
of returning. The Consular Office will send the person's biography,
pictures and other related documents to authorities in the Soviet
Union. The official indicated that it is necessary for the
individual to show that he/she will have a place to live in the
Soviet Union. Soviet citizens currently living abroad who have
relatives in the Soviet Union generally encounter no problems in
receiving permission to reside in the Soviet Union. For those who
do not have relatives in the in the Soviet Union, returning to live
there may be more difficult.
Please note that some republics are
enacting their own laws pertaining to immigration in their
territories (USSR: Country Profile October 1991, 22, 59-60).
The IRBDC has no information regarding the potential impact of
these laws on Soviet citizens returning from permanent residence
abroad.
For further information on exit and return
in the Soviet Union, please consult the USSR: Country
Profile and the Law on the Procedure for Exit from the USSR
and Entry Into the USSR by Citizens of the USSR (See Response
to Information Request SUN8923).
Embassy of the Soviet Union, Consular
Office, Ottawa. 14 November 1991. Telephone interview with
Official.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre (IRBDC). October 1991. USSR: Country
Profile.
Immigration and Refugee Board
Documentation Centre. 7 November 1991. Response to Information
Request SUN9695.