I´ve known for a long time that this moment could come, and I´ve been mentally preparing for it, although you can never fully prepare, I don´t know.. and sadly, I believe for me the time has come... The time to officially renounce to my venezuelan citizenship... Yes, some might think I´m jumping the trigger a little too fast. and that´s ok.. a lot of people thought I was over reacting when I first started figuring out and preparing to leave Venezuela, which eventually led me to come here, but plans started many years before, with several countries in mind and a lot of work and research.. now, no one in their right mind could say I started too soon... Today, with this very sad news (that i found out and published earlier, about the intention to restrict venezuelan profesionals to move freely outside the contry).. and knowing how they have been sistematically limiting the free movement of venezuelans outside the contry for years... limiting the access to foreing currency, voiding old passports, not providing new ones, with people waiting up to 6 months for an alleged lack of supplies in a corrupt oil country.. So I woudl not be surprised if suddenly it somehow becomes very complicated to renounce to the venezuelan citizenship, if their plan is to trap anyone they can... so, here it is.. I was born and grew up in Venezuela, and will never stop being venezuelan.. But sadly that country doesnt exist anymore.. in its place there is something called la republica Bolivariana de Venezuela.. which destroyed and took over MY COUNTRY... which flags and symbols don´t represent me, and never have... so I won´t belong to that anymore. I wont let them limit my movement around the world, when and if I ever plan or, due to an emergency, have to visit and pay tribute to the graveyard where my country lies..and where a lot of my family still is.. Again, some might say I´m over reacting.. the truth is for a while now, that venezuelan passport has been feeling more like a burden than anything else..and I don´t need it to know where I´m from and who I´m.. or to proudly anounce that I come from an amazing and very complex country that once was.. So, for anyone interested, here it is.. in theory it shouldn´t be too hard, but we all venezuelan expats know that theory and reality are two very different things, specially in la Republica Bolivariana... How to renounce to your Venezuelan citizenship: consuladodevenezuela.es/contenido.php?idNot=15
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:15:06 +0000
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