I.
Frequent
asked
questions
on
the
use
identity/voter/student card as travel document
QUESTIONS
RESPONCES
Kinyarwanda)
of
(English
National
and
1.
What is done to children below Students and Children who do not
hold National identity or Voter card
16 years who travel with parents?
shall respectively use Student cards or
standard travel documents ( Passport,
Laissez-passer; TMP; …)
Abana
n’Abanyeshuri
badafite
indangamuntu/ikarita
y’itora
ku
bagande, bakoresha ikarita y’ishuri
cyangwa ibyangombwa by’inzira bindi
Pasiporo; Laissez-passer, TMP…
2.
Can Rwandan Students
student cards to travel?
use Students who do not holder National
identity/Voter card can use student
card or standard travel document.
Children to cross the border must be
accompanied by one of the parents or
a guardian with authorization signed
by parents.
Abanyeshuri
badafite
Indangamuntu/Ikarita
y’itora
bakoresha ikarita y’ishuri cyangwa
icyangombwa cy’inzira cyemewe. Mu
ngendo zo kwambuka imipaka, abana
bagomba kuba baherekejwe n’umwe
mu babyeyi be cyangwa undi muntu
wabiherewe uburenganzira n’ababyeyi
be/abamurera.
3.
What happens if the coupon is In case the coupon gets lost while in
the country, the traveler is required to
lost?
present
him/herself
at
nearest
Immigration office for issuance of
another one.
Iyo umuntu yateye agakarita ko
kwinjira gatangirwa ku mupaka iyo
umuntu
yakoresheje
Indangamuntu/Ikarita
y’itora
ku
benegihugu
ha
Uganda/Ikarita
y’ishuri ku banyeshuri, yihutira
kugera ku biro bishinzwe Abinjira
n’Abasohoka
mu
gihugu
arimo
kugirango ahabwe akandi.
4.
Can a child below 5years use a Birth certificate cannot be used as
birth certificate if is travelling with travel documents.
parents?
Children who do not National
identity/Student card use classic
travel document (Passport, Laissezpasser…
Ibyemezo by’amavuko ku bana ntabwo
byemewe
gukoreshwa
nk’icyangombwa
cy’inzira.
Abana
bakoresha ikarita y’ishuri kubatayafite
bagakoreshaka ibyangombwa bindi
by’inzira.
5.
What happens when I use an ID
going to Uganda, but on the way you
change your plan and travel to
Tanzania or S. Sudan?
A national Identity/Voter/Student
card is only valid within the three
countries:
Kenya;
Rwanda
and
Uganda.
For other destination, travellers use
standard travel documents (Passport
or Laissez-passer). At the exit he must
present coupon he got while entering
then he get exit stamp in a travel
document that he will use.
Uburyo
bwo
gukoresha
Indangamuntu/Ikarita y’Itora/Ikarita
y’Ishuri bukoreshwa mu bihugu bya
Kenya, u Rwanda na Uganda. Mu gihe
umuntu yifuza kujya mu bindi bihugu
akoresha
icyangombwa
cy’inzira
gisanzwe (Pasiporo, Laissez-passer)
Aho asohokeye yerekana coupon
yahawe yinjira, agatererwa kasha yo
gusohoka mu cyangombwa zaba
akoresha.
6. Umuntu ashobora kujya gukorera Indangamuntu zikoreshwa mu gihe
cyangwa kujya kwiga mu kindi gihugu umuntu agiye muri kimwe mu bihugu
by’u Rwanda, Kenya na Uganda
akoresheje Indangamuntu
ajyanywe n’impamvu zo gusura;
gutembera; gutabara cyangwa izinzi
mpamvu
zose
zituma
umuntu
atamara
igihe
kirekire
muricyo
gihugu.
Umuntu ujyanywe n’impamvu yo
kwiga, gukora, gutura mu kindi
gihugu azahamara igihe kirekire ni
byiza ko akoresha icyangombwa
cy’inzira gisanzwe ndetse agasaba
n’uruhushya
rumwemere
kuba
muricyo
gihugu
rujyanye
nicyo
ahakora.
The National identity/Voter/Student
cards are used for short time
visit/recreational
purpose/cross
border trade. For residence or study
purposes, citizens of the three
countries need to travel using
standard travel documents and go
through the process to get resident
permit or student pass appropriate to
his/her purpose of stay.
7.
Can
National The
use
of
National
identity/Voter/students be used at identity/Voter/students
cards
is
applied at all gazette entry points
Airports?
(Land borders and Airport)
Ikoreshwa ry’Indangamuntu/ Ikarita
y’itora/ikarita y’ishuri ikoreshwa ku
mipaka yose yemewe n’amategeko
(Imipaka yo ku butaka no ku bibuga
by’indege)