Argentina: Update to ARG35486.E of 11 October 2000 on the meaning of dates shown on pages 3 and 5 of an Argentinean passport; whether these dates can be used to calculate the date upon which the holder actually received his or her passport (2000 - January 2001)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 31 January 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ARG36528.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Argentina: Update to ARG35486.E of 11 October 2000 on the meaning of dates shown on pages 3 and 5 of an Argentinean passport; whether these dates can be used to calculate the date upon which the holder actually received his or her passport (2000 - January 2001), 31 January 2001, ARG36528.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3df4be0938.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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In correspondence dated 30 January 2001, the Deputy Consul of the Consulate General of the Argentina Republic in Montreal provided the following information:
There are two kinds of Argentine passports in existence: the ones issued only by Argentine consulates abroad, and those issued by the Federal Police in Argentina. Both are valid for five years but their formats are different, and consular passports must be replaced with those issued by the Police upon arrival in Argentina. The passports issued by the Police have "MERCOSUR" on the cover, the passports issued by a consulate do not.
Passports issued by the Federal Police:
1) Your enquiry regards passports issued by the Federal Police. You are correct in pointing out that there is a difference in dates between the date of issue, considered the day that the person went to the police station and was photographed and fingerprinted, and the date shown on page 5, which is the date the passport was completed in document form and signed by the chief of the documents division. The date of issue and expiry are not affected by the date on page 5, which is obviously slightly posterior to the date of issue because of the time it takes to actually make the finished document.
2) Once the passport is ready to be given out, this is usually done by mail, which can take about two weeks to reach the person, unless a request is specifically made to pick the passport up at the Police department, in which case the passport may be available in a week to 10 days. Consequently, it is not possible to determine exactly when a person received the passport itself unless the records of the postal service or police department are checked.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
Reference
Consulate General of the Argentine Republic, Montreal. 30 January 2001. Correspondence from Deputy Consul.