{"id":123569,"date":"2025-01-26T21:42:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T18:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123569\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"opposition-accepting-applications-for-new-belarus-passport","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/123569\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition accepting applications for New Belarus Passport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/passport_NB_belarus-passport_com-002-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(belarus-passport.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 26,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The exiled Belarusian opposition has started accepting applications for New Belarus Passports, politician Franak Via\u010dorka has announced at a forum in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that applications can be filed at the project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.belarus-passport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter verification you will receive confirmation, book an appointment and get the document in a week,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s camp will hold negotiations in the next seven months to persuade the governments of democratic countries to recognize the ID.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur objective is to have the passport entered in the European Union\u2019s database . . . before the end of the year,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the New Belarus Passport is a long-term project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Lithuanian officials indicated a few days later that Vilnius will not recognize the New Belarus Passport as a valid ID. Remigijus Motuzas, chairman of the Seimas foreign affairs committee, told journalists on January 22 that the alternative ID project by the Belarusian pro-democracy forces was a \u201cpurely symbolic document.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of Belarusians are in exile as a result of the political crisis ongoing since 2020. Many of them cannot renew their passports because of the risk of contact with Belarusian officials. The Belarusian opposition wants to print alternative passports to help their compatriots legalize their status. One of the passport centers will open in Vilnius, which worries Lithuanian politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122782\/\">Lithuanian MP: New Belarus passport is a symbol, not ID<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 26,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The exiled Belarusian opposition has started accepting applications for New Belarus Passports, politician Franak Via\u010dorka has announced at a forum in Warsaw. He said that applications can be filed at the project website. \u201cAfter verification you will receive confirmation, book an appointment and get the document in a week,\u201d he said. \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja\u2019s camp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":122566,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-123569","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition accepting applications for New Belarus Passport | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 26,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The exiled Belarusian opposition has started accepting applications for New Belarus Passports, politician Franak Via\u010dorka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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