Belarusian Woman Faces Problems Obtaining New Passport In Embassy Of Belarus In Germany

It was made but not handed over.

Former journalist from Homel Iryna Makavetskaya is not given a passport made at the Belarusian embassy. The embassy staff convince the Belarusian woman to receive the document at home. However, at first they reported that they had a new passport. The story is told by a target="_blank" href=https://homeldays.org/gomelskaj-zhurnalistcy-ne-addajuc-zrobleny-belaruski-pashpart-u-pasolstve-rb-u-njamechchyne/>“Homiel.Štodzień”.

Iryna Makavetskaya left Belarus for Germany in 2005. And there were no such problems before. She made passports for herself and her children.

Moreover, a new passport was made for the journalist and even a date was set when it could be picked up. On July 11, Iryna Makavetskaya had to pick up her passport and even went to Berlin to get it.

“On July 11, we agreed with the embassy that I would drive up and pick up my passport. They issue documents after lunch. I had an appointment for 3:45 pm. It was hot that day and we left with the children in advance to arrive before the heat. It’s 575 kilometers from our house to Berlin.

We drove 420 km, that is, we were already not far from Berlin, when they called me from the embassy and said that they could not give me my passport. They explained this by saying that before handing over passports, they call the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a question whether it is possible to issue a document to a certain citizen,” said Iryna.

Iryna Makavetskaya wrote a complaint to the Foreign Ministry. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded the complaint to the embassy, which wrote to the email box suggesting a new date.

But that date fell on the working day of Iryna Makavetskaya:

“I wrote to them twice to no avail asking them to set a new date. After that, I got through to the embassy, although it was not easy, and asked when I could come for a passport.

But I was told that a passport can only be obtained in the Republic of Belarus. They didn't explain why.”

Iryna Makavetskaya notes that no one told her exactly where the document was located:

“I don't know what to do now. What if someone takes some kind of a loan using my passport, or something else.

When I told about the situation at work, my colleague from Tunisia said that when he comes to his embassy for a passport, they give him the document in an hour. I have been waiting for a passport from the Belarusian embassy for four months, and they still do not give it to me.”