Help: Judical Records from Kurdistan region (Erbil)

[drussell024 11]

My fiance needs to obtain judical records from Iraq because she lived/worked in Erbil (Kurdistan region) for a couple years. 

 

Here's the issue: per the reciprocity tables, records issued from the Kurdistan region are not valid for visa purposes and must be issued by Baghdad.

 

We have contacted an embassy and family friend who had the same issue and have gotten the following information. Basically we need to find a lawyer in Iraq who can get the records from Erbil and bring them to Baghdad to be "issued" there and then sent to the embassy we are applying from. 

 

Our problem: we have been struggling to even get in contact with any lawyer from Iraq (not to mention the language barrier if we found one), and the Iraq Embassy we wanted to go through in Ankara Turkey has not responded to any phone calls or emails.

 

Has anyone gone through this process before that can help get us going in the right direction? We are open to trying a different Iraq embassy (such as the one in Dubai where we first got this information), but we are really hitting a brick wall trying to find a lawyer in Iraq.  

 

Thanks in advance!

[jan22 2,941]

18 hours ago, drussell024 said:

My fiance needs to obtain judical records from Iraq because she lived/worked in Erbil (Kurdistan region) for a couple years. 

 

Here's the issue: per the reciprocity tables, records issued from the Kurdistan region are not valid for visa purposes and must be issued by Baghdad.

 

We have contacted an embassy and family friend who had the same issue and have gotten the following information. Basically we need to find a lawyer in Iraq who can get the records from Erbil and bring them to Baghdad to be "issued" there and then sent to the embassy we are applying from. 

 

Our problem: we have been struggling to even get in contact with any lawyer from Iraq (not to mention the language barrier if we found one), and the Iraq Embassy we wanted to go through in Ankara Turkey has not responded to any phone calls or emails.

 

Has anyone gone through this process before that can help get us going in the right direction? We are open to trying a different Iraq embassy (such as the one in Dubai where we first got this information), but we are really hitting a brick wall trying to find a lawyer in Iraq.  

 

Thanks in advance!

Have you checked out the US Embassy information on legal assistance in Iraq and contacted them as directed: https://iq.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/attorneys/ ?

 

In most countries, the Embassy will post a list of lawyers (and doctors, etc) who other US citizens have worked with.  Baghdad, for security reasons, gives you a link to contact them to get the list.  Hopefully, you can get lawyer names from them that can help you.

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[drussell024 11]

10 hours ago, jan22 said:

Have you checked out the US Embassy information on legal assistance in Iraq and contacted them as directed: https://iq.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/attorneys/ ?

 

In most countries, the Embassy will post a list of lawyers (and doctors, etc) who other US citizens have worked with.  Baghdad, for security reasons, gives you a link to contact them to get the list.  Hopefully, you can get lawyer names from them that can help you.

Thanks! I sent them an email explaining the situation. Hopefully they can provide some contacts. 

[drussell024 11]

On 6/27/2022 at 12:02 PM, jan22 said:

Have you checked out the US Embassy information on legal assistance in Iraq and contacted them as directed: https://iq.usembassy.gov/u-s-citizen-services/local-resources-of-u-s-citizens/attorneys/ ?

 

In most countries, the Embassy will post a list of lawyers (and doctors, etc) who other US citizens have worked with.  Baghdad, for security reasons, gives you a link to contact them to get the list.  Hopefully, you can get lawyer names from them that can help you.

Just a follow up - they responded today and provided a list of lawyers with contact information. Thank you so much for your help!

 

[jan22 2,941]

Glad to be if assistance.  Hope all works out well for you!