Requesting documents from Latvia

Payment of the fee for requesting documents must be submitted along with the request form, in the form of a money order or certified / corporate cheque made out to: Embassy of Latvia. The Embassy can only take exact cash for payment in person, does not accept personal cheques, and cannot accommodate the use of credit or debit cards.

Request for criminal records check:

In order to request a document regarding a criminal record, or lack thereof, you must submit to the Embassy:

1. Completed and signed request form which must show the following:
• the person's name(s), surname and person code, along with a notation in the event that any of these have been changed, indicating the variations;
• the permanent address or place of residence for the individual;
• the reason the information is requested;
• the state / official institution to which the information is to be submitted;
• the period of time to be covered in the request (what time frame is to be examined in the conviction registry).
2. A copy of the information page from the person's passport, with indication "I, name, surname, agree that my personal data will be used in order to prepare a criminal records certificate.
3. Payment - $35 CAD. (See above.)
4. A copy of the document that proves your legal stay in Canada.
5. Prepaid Xpresspost envelope.

Request for birth certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates and other documents:

If you wish to obtain an official document issued in Latvia (a birth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate or other document) you must submit to the Embassy either by mail or in person:

1. A completed and signed request form in triplicate.
• N.B.: When filling out the request form, please read the form carefully and complete only the sections related to the document you are requesting, and to the person for whom you are making the request.
2. Payment for each document - $95 CAD (See above.) The payment for second and next documents - 25 CAD per document.
• N.B.: If the request is for documents from the Latvian Archives, then payment will be determined upon receipt of the document.
3. An accompanying letter with all contact information.

The Embassy cannot take responsibility for information submitted on the forms, and notes that the processing fee is non-refundable, even in the event that the document requested from Latvia is not available.

The request form can be completed electronically here in Latvian: here*

The request form can be completed electronically here in English: here*

The request form can be completed electronically here in French: here*

The request form can be completed electronically here in German: here*

The request form can be completed electronically here in Russian: here*

PLEASE NOTE:

After a request form is completed on the computer, you must click on the "Print" key on the bottom left corner of the web page to obtain a print version of your submission. To insure that the document will print correctly, check to see that the margins are correct: under "File",choose "Page Set-up", and under "margins", it should read 19.05 cm for all margins. Similarly, insure that the page orientation is "Portrait".