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Title	Rwanda: Information on the "PC" passport type
Publisher	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Country	Rwanda
Publication Date	31 January 2005
Citation / Document Symbol	RWA43335.FE
Reference	1
Cite as	Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Rwanda: Information on the "PC" passport type, 31 January 2005, RWA43335.FE, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/42df617aa.html [accessed 30 May 2012]
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Rwanda: Information on the "PC" passport type

In 24 and 27 January 2005 telephone interviews, the Ambassador of Rwanda in Ottawa provided the following information.

There are three types of Rwandan passports: regular passports, diplomatic passports and service passports. The "PC" acronym which is found in the top left corner of the passport, besides the photo, is used to identify a regular passport, which is also called a personal passport or an ordinary passport ("passeport courant" in French).

No corroboration of this information could be found among the other sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Reference

Embassy of Rwanda in Ottawa. 24 and 27 January 2005. Telephone interviews with the Ambassador.

Additional Sources Consulted

Oral source: Embassy of Rwanda in Washington

Publications: Passport Handbook to Check the Authenticity of Passports.

Internet sites, including: Government of Rwanda, United States Bureau of Consular Affairs (Visa Reciprocity and Country Documents Finder).

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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