# Statelessness and documents

_Programme · The Kurdish Cooperation Organization · https://kurds.global/civic/programmes/statelessness-and-documents/_

Information on civil documents and statelessness for Kurds who lack papers.

## Record

- **Platform**: Civic
- **State**: in-preparation
- **Lede**: Some Kurds have no nationality or cannot obtain civil documents, among them Feyli Kurds and Kurds in Syria left without citizenship. This programme explains the rules and points to qualified help.
- **Plain guides**: What statelessness means in law and how host countries recognise it.
- **Civil documents**: How births, marriages and identity are registered, and what happens without papers.
- **History**: Courses on how statelessness arose for different Kurdish communities.
- **Referrals**: Pointers to organisations that give qualified legal help.
- **Audience**: Stateless Kurds, Kurds without civil documents, Families of stateless children, Caseworkers and volunteers
- **Step 1**: Read: start with the plain guide.
- **Step 2**: List: note which documents you hold and which you lack.
- **Step 3**: Refer: contact a qualified legal service.
- **Step 4**: Learn: take the course on nationality law.

## Provenance

Records updated 2026-11-11. Every value keeps its measure, year, source and label (verified, secondary, to verify); unknown is shown as unknown. Verify, add a source or report this record on its page.

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## See also

- [Civic](https://kurds.global/civic/)