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Governorate of Sulaymaniyah<br />
Persons not originating from the Region of Kurdistan must have a sponsor 836 who should<br />
accompany the person/family to the Residency Section in the Security Department.<br />
Doctors, owners of companies/restaurants and university teachers are currently exempted<br />
from the sponsorship requirement. IDPs with a sponsor are requested to fill out an<br />
information card upon arrival with the following information:<br />
- Place of residence;<br />
- Name of sponsor;<br />
- Personal data (name, age, etc.).<br />
He/she will have to undergo a security screening in which the reasons for relocation are<br />
investigated. Provided the person is not considered a security risk, he/she will be granted<br />
a quasi residency permit for 3-6 months, which is subject to extension.<br />
Persons who do not have a sponsor are denied a quasi residency permit and are requested to<br />
leave the Governorate or are otherwise forcibly removed. 837 Persons originating from<br />
Kirkuk or Khanaqeen, including Kurds, Arabs, Turkmen and members of other ethnic or<br />
religious groups, are not able to obtain a quasi residency permit for demographic and<br />
political reasons.<br />
Governorate of Erbil<br />
Persons not originating from the Region of Kurdistan need to have a sponsor, who should<br />
accompany the person/family to the Residency Section in the Security Department. Persons<br />
without a sponsor will not be able to obtain a quasi residency permit. The IDPs are<br />
requested to fill out an information card upon arrival with the following information:<br />
- Place of residence;<br />
- Name of sponsor;<br />
- Personal data (name, age, etc.).<br />
He/she will have to undergo a security screening investigating the reasons for relocation.<br />
Applicants for a quasi residence permit must establish either political links to the region or<br />
that they have fled violence or persecution; otherwise applications for a quasi residence<br />
836 The sponsor could be an individual person or a company. The responsibility of the sponsor is to inform<br />
authorities that he/she knows the IDP and, in case of security-related incidents, the sponsor will be<br />
questioned. The sponsor should have his/her food ration card issued in the Governorate of Sulaymaniyah and<br />
have a good reputation.<br />
837 Awene website / Sulaymaniyah, No. 46, 28 November 2006 (in Sorani Kurdish), reported that 42 Iraqi<br />
Arabs, who were working in Bazyan Cement Factory, were detained on 26 November 2006 by Chamchamal<br />
Security Forces in order to be returned to their places of origin outside the Region of Kurdistan given that<br />
they had entered the Governorate of Sulaymaniyah without sponsorship and without registering with the<br />
security forces. The head of the Chamchamal Security Directorate, Muqadam Ahmad Nadr, told Awene that<br />
the arrested people had come to Chamchamal (sub-District in Sulaymaniyah Governorate) without the<br />
knowledge of the security forces, adding that “any Arab residing in Chamchamal need[s] to report their<br />
presence to the authorities.”<br />
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