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Migration Board's assessment of identity documents
Afghanistan
Afghani passports issued after April 1992 do not meet the Migration Board's security requirements, given that an adequate identity check is not performed at the time of issuance. This is also true of Afghani identity cards (tazkiras), which furthermore have a very simple design and lack verifiable security features.
The Afghani embassy in Oslo submitted a report on passport issuance procedures in March 2006. According to the report, a passport applicant who lacks supporting documents can appear with two witnesses who are Afghani citizens and obtain a passport on the basis of their testimony. According to information from Afghani authorities in Afghanistan, passports are also issued once an Afghani identity card has been presented. As a result, these passports are unreliable proofs of identity.
Iraq
The Migration Board is highly familiar with what authentic Iraqi documents look like. The Board is also acquainted with the types of documents that are frequently forged.
A series G or A passport proves your identity if it was issued to you by the embassy in Stockholm (as indicated by the stamp in the passport) or if you applied for or picked it up during a trip to Iraq. You must be able to document the trip with airline tickets or in another credible manner. If you did not pick up the passport in person, you can go to the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm and get it verified.
Series S passports are easier to forge; the Migration is aware that they are often issued on the basis of insufficient documentation, which means that they are less reliable. In other words, a series S passport is not sufficient in itself to prove your identity.
A passport from an earlier series may be approved if it was issued in a proper manner at the time of a personal appearance.
A certificate of identity issued by the Iraqi embassy in Stockholm does not meet the security requirements — in the view of the Migration Board, an adequate identity check is not performed before the certificate is issued. Such a certificate is not sufficient in itself to prove your identity.
Iraqi identity cards and certificates of citizenship do not meet the security requirements, given that they have a simple design and lack verifiable security features. Thus, an identity card or certificate of citizenship cannot in itself prove your identity.
An Iraqi military card can prove your identity under certain circumstances, provided that it was issued in a proper manner.
Kosovo
Identity cards issued by the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) after 1 December 2004 do not meet the Migration Board´s security requirements, given that they can be issued even though no real identity check has been performed. For example, two witnesses who attest to your identity may be enough. This is also true of documents issued before December 2004 if you were born in 1970 or later.
To prove your identity with an identity card issued by UNMIK, you must turn in the original of the card. You must also explain the procedure by which you applied for and received the card. If possible, we also want you to turn in the documents that served as the basis for the information on the card.
A travel document is issued by UNMIK after a "UNMIK card" has been presented. Thus, such a travel document does not meet the Migration Board´s security requirements.
Somalia
Somali passports issued after January 1991 do not meet the Migration Board's security requirements. Since January 1991, Somali has not had competent authorities that can issue legal documents. It is also well known that there is an extensive market for passports and other types of Somali documents.
Other identity documents issued by Somalia do not meet the security requirements either.
Eritrea
In the view of the Swedish Migration Board, as a citizen of Eritrea you can prove your identity if you have a national passport. In most cases, a certificate with a photograph can be sufficient if the identity document was issued by the embassy of Eritrea in Stockholm. On the other hand, Eritrean ID cards issued by the then-provisional government of Eritrea (EPLF) prior to the 1993 elections and which were issued thereafter cannot prove your identity since they do not meet the security requirements that must be imposed on an ID card.
Stateless Palestinians
Documents that, in the view of the Swedish Migration Board, can prove your identity
:- A Palestinian travel document issued by the Palestinian Authority for Palestinians either from the West Bank or Gaza.
- After a check at the Palestinian Authority, the Migration Board can accept an ID card for residents of Gaza or the West bank with the accompanying white "stub" containing information on family members and marital status.
- Israeli ID cards issued for Palestinians residing in Jerusalem.
In most cases, the following documents can also prove your identity:
- A Lebanese travel document for Palestinians, if the passport holder was born in Lebanon or has resided there for a long time. Other passports or identity documents cannot be accepted.
- An Iraqi travel document for Palestinians, if the passport holder was born in Iraq or has resided there for a long time. Other Iraqi identity documents cannot be accepted.
- A Syrian travel document for Palestinians, if the passport holder was born in Syria or has resided there for a long time.
- An Egyptian travel document for Palestinians, if the passport holder was born in the Gaza region between 1949 and June 1967, or was born in Egypt or has resided there for a long time.
Palestinians who have resided in other countries than those named above can only prove their identities with a passport or ID document if, owing to birth or long-term residence in the country, they are considered to be known to the authorities.
Documents that, in the view of the Swedish Migration Board, cannot prove your identity:
- A travel document issued by the Palestinian Authority for a person who has resided outside the territories of Palestine. These travel documents are usually called 00 passports, since the field for the ID number usually begins with two zeroes.
- Certificates issued by the Palestinian General Delegation in Stockholm.
