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Saturday, 20.04.2024, 10:41
Identity numbers without birth dates now issued in Latvia
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Saeima in 2015 approved in the third and final reading amendments to the Population
Registry prepared by the Interior Ministry, which foresees that identity
numbers are issued without birth dates in them from July 1, 2017. From this
date, persons will also be able to request a new identity number without their
birth dates in them.
Residents who have been issued an identity number until June 30, 2017 will
be able to voluntarily request new identity number without birth dates in them
after July 1, 2017 if they wish. After the new identity number is issued, it
cannot be changed at a later time and remains permanent.
The new identity number will be made up of eleven digits. The first two
digits in the new identity number will be 32, while the remainder nine digits
will be generated randomly.
At the moment, identity number in Latvia are made up of 11 digits - the
person's birth date in the first six digits, followed by another five digits.
The amendments have been approved with the aim of avoiding discrimination
connected to a person's age.
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