Algeria: Paper format used in Algeria in printers and photocopiers, for personal use, and for official documents (birth certificate, individual civil status record and family civil status record); features of the paper used for official documents
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ottawa |
| Publication Date | 22 April 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | DZA38861.FE |
| Reference | 1 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Algeria: Paper format used in Algeria in printers and photocopiers, for personal use, and for official documents (birth certificate, individual civil status record and family civil status record); features of the paper used for official documents , 22 April 2002, DZA38861.FE , available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/45f147292.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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A representative of the consular section of the Embassy of Algeria in Ottawa indicated in a telephone interview on 22 April 2002 that the dimensions of Algerian birth certificates are 21 cm by 27 cm or 21 cm by 29.7 cm, with some slight variations depending on the commune that issues the document. Individual and family civil status records are generally 13.5 cm by 21 cm, with some slight variations depending on the commune that issues the document (Algeria 22 Apr. 2002). Birth certificates and individual and family civil status records are usually printed on off-white vellum paper (ibid.). However, if a particular commune cannot obtain that type of paper, another type may be used (ibid.).
The Representative of the consular section of the Embassy of Algeria also stated that in Algeria A4 paper format (21 cm by 29.7 cm) is generally used for correspondence, as well as in printers and photocopiers (22 Apr. 2002).
No additional information on the above topic could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints for this Response.
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 for refugee protection.
Reference
Embassy of Algeria, Ottawa. 22 April 2002. Telephone interview with a representative.
Additional Sources Consulted
Attempts to contact the Institut algérien de normalization (IANOR) in Algiers were unsuccessful.