Ivan Ignatenko, collectively together with his dance companion Esther Anna Sileniece, gained the fitting to characterize Latvia on the World Sports activities Dance Championships in China. Nevertheless, for the second month now he has not been capable of renew his Ukrainian passport, which might enable him to journey exterior Latvia.
Ivan and his mom got here to Latvia as refugees in 2022, when a full-scale struggle started in Ukraine. In two years he realized Latvian. “When you’re in Latvia, speaking to folks, listening to how they speak, then it’s not so tough. Now I’m learning worldwide financial relations on-line in Ukraine,” says the younger man.
The second place in the usual dance on the Latvian Championship ensured the younger man and his companion the fitting to take part within the World Championships, which will probably be held in China this 12 months.
“This younger man got here from war-torn Ukraine, and right here he’s nonetheless learning and in addition coaching very effectively, and there’s no motive why he mustn’t characterize [Латвию]”, says Nina Salgale, head of the Dzintars sports activities dance membership.
However that is the place problems start.
Ivan’s Ukrainian passport expires in just a few months.
“I want a overseas passport in order that I can go to the World Championships and dance there for Latvia,” explains Ivan.
Whereas Ivan started to organize paperwork to acquire a passport, a regulation on mobilization was adopted in Ukraine, which complicates this course of.
In different phrases, the man has turn out to be an grownup. He should register with the army registration and enlistment workplace, and solely with such a certificates will he be capable to obtain a passport that has already been issued. He says that registration within the on-line system on the army registration and enlistment workplace was not profitable, which implies he might should go to Ukraine to get a certificates. “We didn’t know that such a regulation might be adopted,” says Ivan.
There are presently no ensures that the doc will probably be obtained on time. The Ukrainian Embassy in Latvia states that it can’t give interviews a few particular citizen. The Workplace of Citizenship and Migration Affairs emphasizes that the matter is on the embassy. A doc issued in Latvia permits a youngster to remain in Latvia, however to not journey exterior its borders. The Ministry of Overseas Affairs additionally states that this situation is past the competence of the ministry.
In the meantime, Ivan is more and more conscious that the chance he gained to take part within the World Championship might also be misplaced.
The Latvian Dance Sports activities Federation is able to contact the Sports activities Division of the Ministry of Training and Science with a request to discover a answer so {that a} refugee from Ukraine can characterize Latvia on the World Championships in China.
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2024-05-30 05:29:48
