MINISTRY OF INTERIOR: PASSIVATION OF RESIIDENCE ADDRESS APPLIES TO ALL CITIZENS

22. April 2015.

Vranje, Bujanovac, Presevo – In 2014, the Police Department in Vranje, as well as its organizational units, reached a total of 264 decisions on the passivity of addresses of residence.

The Police Department in Vranje doesn’t have data on how many Albanians, Serbs and other minorities are among those to whom decisions on the passivity of addresses of residence were issued. “Passivation of Residence” is governed by the Law on Residence of the Citizens, which entered into force on November 29, 2011.

“In accordance with Article 18 of the said Law, at the request of the court, state authorities, other bodies or organizations, as well as other legal or natural persons, the competent body shall check the facts of permanent residence, at the address where the resident registered his/her residence. If it is established that the citizen doesn’t live at the registered address of residence or if it is determined that false information were provided when registering his/her address of residence, the competent body reaches a decision on passivating the address of residence”, the police explained.

In line with the above, the organizational units of the Ministry of Interior perform checks whether the resident lives at the registered address of residence or not.

If it is established that the resident doesn’t live at the registered residence address, a decision on passivation of his/her residence address is reached, while the resident is obliged to register the address of residence where he/she really lives within eight days of receipt of the decision. The citizen can appeal against the said decision to the Ministry of Interior.

Once the decision on the passivity of address of residence becomes final, the Ministry of Interior indicates in its records that the resident doesn’t live at the address of registered residence.

It is necessary that the citizen, after passivation of his/her residence address , reports the address where he/she really lives. This means that a decision on the citizen’s request for the issuance of documents can be reached only after the citizen has reported his/her actual residence address.

Vranje Police Department said that “the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia applies regulations in the sphere of permanent and temporary residence addresses equally to all citizens of the Republic of Serbia, regardless of their ethnic, religious or other affiliation, and that, therefore, passivation is performed only if the citizen doesn’t live at the registered address, regardless of his/her nationality.”

Source: Jugpress and Coordination Body