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The deprivation of Lithuanian citizenship remains a painful event for some compatriots; it was also experienced by a Lithuanian living in Germany (the first and last names are known to the editorial board, “Delfi”). After receiving the letter from the Lithuanian Embassy informing me of this, several things surprised me.
The woman, Delfi, said she has lived in Germany for 11 years and has had a successful career there.
“I am a doctor in biomedicine, biological sciences and after my thesis I went to Germany to continue my research. After living for a long time, I acquired German citizenship and of course automatically lost my citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania”, he told Delfi.
Lithuania said that on June 3. She received a letter from the Lithuanian Embassy, which surprised her in several respects.
“He had grammatical errors and was instructed to hand over his passport. It’s all so understandable, but it’s just sad how Lithuania deprives its citizens of their citizenship and, for example, the UK grants the producer citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania just because he is married to a Lithuanian woman and has no merits for Lithuania ” , assured the woman.
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He was also interested in the reaction of the Germans who granted citizenship, as they even started looking for information on the Internet because they could not believe in such an order in Lithuania.
“It was difficult for them to imagine that I would simply lose my native citizenship. The Germans were surprised that “you have achieved and published international scientific papers in the field of science and will you just go and go?” He added that “we are honored to have citizens who make our country famous through their work.”
Lithuania indicated that it continues to work in the field of science and pharmacy, and continues with a successful career.
“I understand that I knew that I would no longer have my native citizenship, but maybe it would be time for a new conversation? Also, my maiden name is written in Lithuanian letters on a German passport. I think this is also a relevant topic.
It is sad to see how a country of origin easily excludes its own citizens. In my case, on the list signed by Minister Agnė Bilotaitė, 53 other people, mostly young people, lost to me at the same time. The dates and places of birth of all these people are given in a list. Isn’t that a data breach? ”She asked another question.
It has not established the circumstances of the exception, but is planning a new referendum.
The Ministry of the Interior (MoI) stated that the Migration Department regrets that the woman lost the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania after acquiring citizenship of another state.
“However, according to the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania can also have citizenship of another state only in exceptional cases. These exceptional cases are defined by the Citizenship Law (for example, if a person had the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania before June 15, 1940 and was deported from Lithuania before March 11, 1990 or had the citizenship of Lithuania before June 15, 1940). and left Lithuania before March 11, 1990; or descendant of those people). For more information on multiple citizenship cases, see HERE. “
Delfi was also informed that the Migration Department had not established that a Lithuanian could have the right to have citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania and of another state, thus he had lost citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.
“In individual cases, the President of the Republic of Lithuania, taking into account that a person has special merits for the State of Lithuania, can make the decision that the person retains the citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.
The activities of a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania, through which he makes a particularly significant contribution to strengthening the statehood of the Republic of Lithuania, increasing the power of the Republic of Lithuania and its authority in the international community, are considered special merits for the State of Lithuania.
In this case, the Ministry pointed out that if the President of the Republic, taking into account the recommendations of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania regarding this Lithuanian, decided that he had special merits for the Lithuanian state, citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania could be restored.
“To this end, you must submit an application to return citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania through the Lithuanian Migration Information System MIGRIS (www.migracija.lt). Read more about the return of Lithuanian citizenship HERE (choose “Back”) ”.
Regarding Lithuania’s observation that the data of others who had lost their citizenship may have been leaked, the Ministry commented that the sent copy of the order of the Minister of the Interior with the initials, date and place of birth of 53 persons indicated in it do not not violate personal data.
“It is not possible to identify a specific person from this data. The State Data Protection Inspectorate shares this opinion. We also inform that the Eighteenth Government of the Republic of Lithuania, understanding the importance of the issue of multiple (dual) citizenship, its relevance and people’s expectations, has included in its program a provision: the solution of the citizenship problem. multiple citizenship.
Government of the Republic of Lithuania 2021 March 10 by resolution no. 155 “On the Approval of the Plan for the Implementation of the Provisions of the Program of the Eighteenth Government of the Republic of Lithuania” the plan for the implementation of the provisions of this program was approved; A referendum on multiple citizenship is scheduled for 2024. We would like to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the embassy’s communication with clients. “
There was a lack of votes in favor
Delfi remembers that in 2019. May 12 The long-awaited referendum on dual citizenship in Lithuania was held alongside the first round of the Lithuanian presidential elections. Although the referendum on dual citizenship was considered to have been held, there was a lack of votes in favor and article 12 of the Constitution of Lithuania on the preservation of dual citizenship was not changed.
This happened due to the fact that there are around 2.4 million people in Lithuania. At least 1.2 million citizens had to vote in the referendum to preserve Lithuanian citizenship. all eligible voters and vote in favor.
However, the counting of the votes of all electoral districts revealed that 52.58% voted in the referendum on dual citizenship. of all voters, but to change article 12 of the Constitution of Lithuania, 50 percent. all Lithuanian voters had to support it too.
71.78% voted in favor of maintaining dual citizenship. the voters who participated in the referendum, before it was 26.04 percent. According to the CEC, 927,410 voters voted by at least 1.2 million. Therefore, the number of votes was considered to be too small and article 12 of the Constitution of Lithuania was not changed.
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