United States recognises Somaliland issued Documents

[Suldaanka]

If you are a holder of documents such as Marriage Certificate, Death Certificate or Birth Certificate from Hargeisa, the United States will recognise it. However, if you hold any document from Mogadishu or anywhere else in Ex-Italian Somalia, United States of America considers that as junk status.

This flies in the face of Saudi Arabia's recent livestock restrictions where they made a requirement for Somaliland livestock traders to get a junk document from Mogadishu. It basically shows difference in governance and why Saudi Arabia is such a basket case of governance. 

 

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[cadnaan1]

[Suldaanka]

This is a total slap on the face to those used to claim here that Somalilanders queue up for Mogadishu documents. It is in fact the other way round. 

 The Saudis is the only country that is still a problem for Somalilanders, as these backward sand dwellers still value junk documents from Mogadisho. Hopefully they too will smell the coffee. 

[Suldaanka]

The UK has also taken similar steps to recognise Somaliland documents. 

 

SOMALILAND MARRIAGES ARE VALID

The case of MM v NA (Declaration as to Marital Status) [2020] is very niche, but may be of interest to practitioners with clients who got married in Somaliland (or in other non-recognised countries) and wish to rely on that marriage for immigration purposes.

Immigration lawyers must think about a marriage’s validity whenever they are making a visa application on the basis of a relationship. Although more often than not the answer is straightforward, there are some tricky cases. Examples we have seen include whether a marriage is valid if it was entered into relying on a fake identity, or whether a polygamous marriage can ever be valid.

But what about a marriage which took place in a state which is not recognised by the UK? This was the situation for MM and NA, who got married in the Republic of Somaliland in 2013.

For immigration purposes, it is sufficient to say that the High Court officially found the marriage to be valid and entitled to be recognised in England and Wales.

Refusing to recognise such marriages would deprive entire populations of their right to legally register their birth, marriage, death etc. That could not, of course, be reasonable or justifiable.

[Old_Observer]

On 11/12/2019 at 4:34 PM, Suldaanka said:

This is a total slap on the face to those used to claim here that Somalilanders queue up for Mogadishu documents. It is in fact the other way round. 

 The Saudis is the only country that is still a problem for Somalilanders, as these backward sand dwellers still value junk documents from Mogadisho. Hopefully they too will smell the coffee. 

The Saudis have this little Gulf competition with UAE.

Saudis not good with Somaliland, but UAE is close.

UAE not good with Djibouti, but the Saudis close.

Egypt follows the same as well. "Reconciled" with Djibouti and hate Somaliland since Somaliland refused to allow them a base for Yemen operations.