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Stateless person’s travel document: approved

Wednesday, 18 February 2009 by Mike Gogulski
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On Monday (16 February 2009) I submitted an application to the Slovak Aliens' Police bureau for a stateless person's travel document under the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. There was much waiting around the office to do, ...

I’m officially stateless

Tuesday, 30 December 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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Got a call yesterday (29 December 2008) from the US Embassy that my Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States has been received here in Bratislava. The staffer offered me the choice of picking it up in person or ...

Interview – Radio Slovakia International

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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Yesterday I did a studio interview with Christopher George of Radio Slovakia International. We spoke for maybe twenty minutes, and the interview was edited down to about eleven minutes. Audio, direct from Radio Slovakia International, unedited, 12.3MB, 26min 52sec (my segment ...

Confrontation with bureaucracy, part 3

Sunday, 7 December 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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On Friday I had a 9am appointment at the US Embassy with the Consul to move ahead with my renunciation of US citizenship. The Consul, an affable man about my age, did his duty. He made certain all the forms were ...

Confrontation with bureaucracy, part 2

Friday, 28 November 2008 by Mike Gogulski
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Just sent: From: Mike Gogulski Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 11:27 AM To: consulbratislava@state.gov Subject: appointment Dear Consular Staff, I visited the Embassy on Wednesday to submit paperwork to renounce my US citizenship. I was told that I needed to fill out another form (DS-4079) and contact you ...