The Citizenship and Migration Board (CMB) was a government agency in

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...

under the Ministry of Internal Affairs that was in charge of enforcing regulations concerning

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, a ...

and

nationality Nationality is a legal identification of a person in international law, establishing the person as a subject, a ''national'', of a sovereign state. It affords the state jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is th ...

. In 2010, it was merged with other agencies and formed Police and Border Guard Board.

Issuance of travel documents

The CMB was the authority which issued the following Estonian travel documents: * Estonian passport *

Estonian alien's passport An Estonian Alien's Passport ( et, välismaalase pass) is a travel document that may be issued to a person who is stateless or of undefined citizenship residing in Estonia by the Police and Border Guard Board of the Ministry of Internal Affair ...

Estonian identity card The Estonian identity card ( et, ID-kaart) is a mandatory identity document for citizens of Estonia. In addition to regular identification of a person, an ID-card can also be used for establishing one's identity in electronic environment and for g ...

Processing of nationality applications

The CMB was responsible for processing applications and enquiries concerning

Estonian citizenship Estonian citizenship law details the conditions by which a person is a citizen of Estonia. The primary law currently governing these requirements is the Citizenship Act, which came into force on 1 April 1995. Estonia is a member state of the ...

Immigration control

The CMB was responsible for enforcing visa/residence permit regulations and for processing asylum/refugee requests.

References

{{Authority control Specialist law enforcement agencies of Estonia 1993 establishments in Estonia