Document #1350025
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
According to an official at the Consular
section of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Ottawa, a
person receiving his/her internal passport at age sixteen in the
Soviet Union had the right to choose either the father's or the
mother's nationality even if one of the parents was deceased (10
Oct. 1995). The official added that the local government council
would not automatically indicate the nationality of the surviving
parent in the internal passport.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Consulate of the Russian Federation,
Ottawa. 10 October 1995. Telephone interview with official.