In an incredible adventure, a girl only 19 years old from Lesvos has entered the last few years. The young woman, who lives in Polihnito, to this day cannot issue an identity card and this results in her being unable to exercise basic rights which for most citizens are considered self-evident.
It all started, according to the father and what he mentioned in stonisi. gr with the birth of the girl in 2007. The father is a Greek citizen and the mother of Bulgarian descent, who resided permanently in Lesvos. By the time the child was born the couple had not yet been married. However, this was not an obstacle to parents who had to pay for their children. follow all the procedures provided for legal recognition of the child by his father with a notarial act, while the minor registered normally in the municipal register in her father's portion.
Over the next few years, family life continued as usual. Parents married and had another child. The young lady grew up in Lesvos, He studied in Greek schools and never faced any issue regarding her identity or nationality until the moment she had to issue her first ID card.
According to the father, during her visit to the relevant Police Department a serious administrative problem was revealed. Despite the fact that was registered in the Greek demographics, the services considered that could not be treated as Greek citizen but as a Bulgarian national.
Not registered in Bulgaria either
From that moment on, a struggle began for the family after, according to her claims, the young womanShe doesn't seem to be registered anywhere in Bulgaria. As they claim, she neither appears in Bulgarian demographics nor has her mother's marriage been declared there, which still appears to be unmarried to Bulgarian authorities.
Overturned the everyday life of the 19 year old
Because of this, the everyday life of the 19 year old was completely overturned since without an identity card she was unable to participate in activities that for her peers were self-evidentth. She failed to follow her classmates on a school trip, while according to her family she was unable to participate in the Pan-Hellenic Examinations after completing her high school graduation.
She can't plan her future
Father described that 19-year-old psychology is particularly burdened as she feels trapped in a reality that does not allow her to plan her future. Without identity she cannot work, proceed to a series of administrative procedures or fully exercise her rights as an adult.
The family wants a final solution
Recently the family, with the assistance of lawyer Prokopis Jimis, proceeded to appeal to the competent Citizenship Directorate of the Decentralized Aegean Administration, asking for the case to be examined and a definitive solution given. However, according to what they say, there has been no final response to date, and additional documents are still being requested from the Bulgarian authorities.