The time came for Maxim to get his citizenship. I was trying to delay this moment as much as I could. I am waiting for the news from my Cyprus citizenship case that is in processing for more than two years now. And, naturally, I was hoping to get the Cypriot citizenship and pass it on to Maxim.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, it can’t wait no more and we have to arrange for the Russian citizenship for him too.<\/p>\n
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For this, I gathered some preliminary information about all the paperwork that I had to do and headed of to Russian Council in Nicosia.<\/p>\n
Usually, the queue to the Council is earily-coming and long-standing, so to improve your chances you have to come there before the place is even open at 9:00am. Add the time for the road – about 1 hour. And the time that is needed to get the act together with the small child – another hour. So, my alarm clock was set for 7:00am.<\/p>\n
Somehow I didn’t hear it. Olga did, but she didn’t manage to wake me up properly before she fell asleep again. So we woke up at 8:15am. I was worried that we would be very late and that our trip will be a waste of time, but we decided to go anyway.<\/p>\n
When we arrived to the Council, there was no queue what-so-ever. I went straight in. Probably this has something to do with the winter time. Who knows…<\/p>\n
Anyway, I didn’t expect much. Chances were that I would be sent off with some missing form or paper. And indeed I was. Here is the complete list of papers that is needed:<\/p>\n
There is no need for kid’s photographs if he\/she is under 2 years old. Both parents must be present when applying for the kid’s citizenship as they need to sign the form in the presence of the Council.<\/p>\n
There is also a difference in procedures if one of the parents does not have a Russian citizenship. I don’t know what exactly is the difference, I was just told there is one.<\/p>\n
I’ll be looking someone to do the certified translation and then I’ll go back for another try…<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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