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Passaport
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Ittra lill-editur
Dehret fuq il-gazzetta "l-Orizzont"
20 ta’ Ottubru 2010
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Il-Gvern Malti biex ikun konformi
mal-liġijiet tal-Unjoni Ewropea u
bl-insistenza tal- Amerikani ddeċieda li
jdaħħal il-‘biometric passport’, jiġifieri
li meta għandek bżonn passaport Malti ġdid
jew jekk trid iġġeddu trid bilfors tmur
personalment f’xi ambaxxata jew kummissjoni
għolja jekk tkun ċittadin Malti u ma tgħix
f’Malta.
Tista’ taħseb xi problemi kbar qegħdin
jiffaċċjaw iċ-ċittadini Maltin li jgħixu per
eżempju fl-Ingilterra, l-Amerika, il-Kanada
u l-Awstralja, fejn l-uffiċċji
tar- rappreżentanti tal-Gvern Malti jistgħu
jkunu mal-500 mil ’il bogħod jew aktar.
Għalkemm din is-sistema issa ilha ftit taż-żmien
li ddaħħlet, il-Gvern Malti għadu ma sabx
soluzzjoni kif se jnaqqas din
l-inkonvenjenza assoluta li ħoloq,
partikularment lill-Maltin ta’ barra. Kif se jnaqqas il-problemi kbar ta’ dawk li jkunu jridu jġeddu l-passaport, problemi ta’ ħafna skariġġ u spejjez?
Nixtieq nagħti eżempju ta’ ħabib tiegħi li
joqgħod fl-Iskozja li biex iġedded
il- passaport Malti ried
bilfors imur
personalment Londra.
Seta’ jmur bl-ajru,
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ferrovija, bil-kowċ jew bil-karozza
tiegħu. Għażel li
jmur bil-karozza tiegħu, jiġifieri kellu
jsuq lejn Londra fi vjaġġ ta’ tmien sigħat
’l hemm u tmien sigħat lura.
Telaq mal-mara minn Glasgow fit-8.30 a.m. u
wasal Londra fil-5.00 p.m. F’Londra ried
sintendi jibbukkja lukanda, fost l-oħrajn.
Spiża li meta tqis tal-vjaġġ, lukanda,
passaporti u aktar, ġietu kważi Ł650 (€739).
Meta għamel osservazzjoni mal-Malta House
f’Londra, qalulu li bħalu hemm mijiet oħrajn
li jridu jivvjaġġaw minn aktar ’il bogħod.
Ikkonsla ħabib!
Tista’ taħseb kemm qegħdin ikollhom
diffikultajiet il-Maltin li jgħixu f’pajjiżi
ferm akbar mill-Ingilterra jew f’kontinenti
kbar bħall-Amerika u l-Awstralja.
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Ikkummenta dwar dan
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Tista'
tikkummenta bil-Malti jew bl-Ingliż
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Carmen
Borg - Australia
Il veru post tal Mickey Mouse Malta. Jekk
iridu, ta' l-ambaxxata jistgħu iżuru ċentri
differenti li għandhom il Maltin madwar
l-Awstralja kull tant żmien biex min għandu
bżonn ibiddel il passaport jinqeda hekk.
Kemm huma injoranti meta jaqblilhom tal-gvern.
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Carmen
Cole - USA
I would like to keep my Maltese citizenship
but if I am going to have to go through all
this trouble, this would be the right time
for me just to become a USA citizen. It
seems that they are making it harder for the
Maltese people than others.
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John
Demicoli - Sydney Australia
I was told today by the Maltese Consulate in
Sydney, that in Australia we only have this
facility in 3 outlets, Canberra, Sydney and
Melbourne. Which means if you live in
Queensland, you have to travel to Sydney or
Canberra, or worst still, if you live in
Western Australia you have to go to
Melbourne. This of course means, that you
have to take time off work, plus travelling
and hotel accommodation, very expensive. I
can see, a lot of Maltese ex-pats not
renewing their passport. I think the Maltese
authorities should at least have this
facility in every state, not just 3 states.
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Alfred Grech - Malta
From what I've read on your posting, it
seems that it is to the Maltese passport
holders' disadvantage. It is so inconvenient
if one has travel hundreds of kms to obtain
a Maltese passport. I hope that the
government would find an alternative to this
inconvenience.
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Edward
Bonavia - Canada
I no longer hold a Maltese passport, but I
can see the problem for those who wish to
keep their Maltese passport up-to-date. As
usual little thought seems to have been
given for the Maltese living abroad. The
misconception by many in Malta seems to be
that all Maltese living abroad are made of
money. They don't realize that we have to
work just as hard to earn a living.
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