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Introduction of ID cards proves problematic - Latvian ID card still some way off( By Dzintra Pene |
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issue 5, 2004
In issue two of the journal, Dzintra Peneze wrote about
the proposed introduction of multifunctional ID cards in
Latvia. In this article, she openly discusses the
difficulties she and her colleagues at the Ministry of
Interior and the Office of Citizenship and Migration
Affairs have encountered, the feedback they have received
and the conclusions they have drawn.
Having started her career as Head of the Passport
Division in 1997, Dzintra Peneze currently runs the
Passport Division of the Office of Citizenship and
Migration Affairs of the Ministry of Interior of the
Republic of Latvia. The Passport Division puts forward
proposals for ID documents, coordinates the issuance of
passports, and looks after ID documents in territorial
offices. Dzintra`s unit is currently in the process of
developing a ID card. |