ESTA: Previous Citizenship/Passport? (for both Stateless and Soviet Union ex. nationals)

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Prev. Citizenship: Stateless

Stateless is not a citizenship. It is a lack of citizenship.

Prev. Passport: Alien

An alien's passport is probably not a passport within the meaning of this question, but you can certainly list it if you want, provided that it is possible to list it without implying that you were a national of the issuing country.

Prev. "national identity card": Residence permit card (for Stateless national, valid for travel within Schengen Area)

A residence permit is not a national identity card. A national identity card is a card issued to a country's own nationals, while a residence permit is issued to foreigners.

Prev. Citizenship: Soviet Union

Prev. "national identity card": Soviet Union (internal passport - valid for travel only within the union)

Prev. Passport: Soviet Union (ordinary/foreign passport - valid for travel to other countries outside the union)

Prev. Passport: Soviet Union (civil service passport - valid for travel to other countries outside the union)

There should be no problem with these unless it isn't possible to list Soviet Union. If that is the case, you should ask the helpdesk how to respond to the question.

And for the passport question, not sure if we're expected to insert a new "row" for each passport that we had issued by the other country?

In general, it's better to err on the side of offering too much information rather than too little. I would be inclined to add a row for the most recent of each class of document. I would not add a separate row for each renewal.

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