Syrian Documents

(Civil and Identity Documents)

Alongside the civil registration documents as provided for in section 3, in Syria there are a various documents that attest to identification or civil registration. This section highlights some of the main documents that may be held by people from Syria, but does not provide a comprehensive list of Syrian documents. The documents are divided into those available only to Syrian nationals and those which may be acquired by non-citizens.

Civil Registration / Identity documents for citizens

Document

Purpose

Issuing authority

Requirements for acquisition

National ID Card



  • Official proof of identity (used for official purposes and everyday use)
  • Proof of nationality
  • One of the documents establishing right to vote when reaching the age of 18.

Civil registrar (Ministry of Interior)

  • Must be obtained from the age of 14
  • Must be obtained in person
  • Can only be obtained in Syria

Documentation required:

  • 4 coloured photos
  • ID of the guardian
  • Family booklet

Family Booklet



  • Records all members of the family: The mother, the father and all the children
  • When two people get married, they move from their parents’ booklet and into their own

Civil registrar (Ministry of Interior)

  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria
  • Involves the transmission of the wife’s records from the registry for the area in which she has been resident to that for the husband’s area of residence

Documentation required:

  • A copy of the marriage certificate
  • 2 coloured photos
  • ID Cards
  • Military Service Booklet

Civil Registration / Identity documents for non-citizens

Document

Purpose

Issuing authority

Requirements for acquisition

Ajanib Kurds

Red Card



  • Official proof of identity (used for official purposes and everyday use)
  • Records the individual as a registered foreigner
  • Not valid for travel outside Syria

Civil registrar (Ministry of Interior)

  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria

Documentation required:

  • Parents’ red cards
  • 4 coloured photos

Family Civil Extract



  • Equivalent to Family Booklet for registered foreigners (document states ”Family extract for those registered in the registry of foreigners of Hassaka”)
  • Records all members of the family: The mother, the father and all the children

Civil registrar (Ministry of Interior)

  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria

Documentation required:

  • A copy of the marriage certificate
  • 4 coloured photos

Makotum Kurds

Identification Notification



  • Informal identification only (cannot be used for official ID purposes as contains no validation from higher authorities)
  • Provided by the local Mukhtar
  • Forwarded to the local branch of the Political Security Directorate for approval 
  • Sent to the provincial administration in Hassaka governorate, where it is validated
  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria
  • Two witnesses
  • Make an oath of identity / identity of children

Residency Notification



  • Informal identification only
  • There are no rights attached to this document
  • Not valid for travel outside Syria
Provided by the local Mukhtar
  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria
  • Two witnesses

Palestinians

Travel Documents for Palestinians



  • For travelling abroad
Ministry of Interior, Palestinian Registrar
  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria
  • Only available for Palestinian refugees registered with the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (i.e. those who entered in 1948 and/or 1956)

Documentation required

  • The temporary residency card for Palestinians

Temporary Residency Card for Palestinians



  • Official proof of identity (used for official purposes and everyday use)
  • Confirms identity as a Palestinian refugee
Ministry of Interior, Palestinian Registrar
  • Can only be obtained or updated in Syria
  • Only available for Palestinian refugees registered with the General Authority for Palestinian Arab Refugees (i.e. those who entered in 1948 and/or 1956)
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