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2 years ago
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Hello!
Today we applied for international passport. My partner's passport will be finished 22.08, but mine and our friend's will be finished 20.10, only 'cause we not living in our native region. My friend's partner will apply for international passport only 25.07, so their will be finished approximately 25.08.
Our passports will be valid for five years, as it costs $22 per person to make them, and valid for ten years cost $55 per person. We are not worried that five years may not be enough for us, because as soon as we are given refugee status, we will receive the refugee passports
So, we have 3 months to finished all of our stuff. It also means we'll need to survive 3 months with the new accepted anti-trans law
We didn't have time to get a testosterone prescription for my friend and my partner due to huge queue to the trans-friendly endocrinologist. But we will have time to solve the situation with my partner, to confirm that he is intersex (the endocrinologist already confirms this, but this requires a second doctor). I still have testosterone prescription for a year and I already have a good enough pass (pharmacy does not check the passport, only the prescription), so, as I hope, I personally will be okay for a while.
We will be able to buy plane tickets only after receiving international passports, so we'll be on the plane somewhere around the end of October. We will have to start our journey from the train, which will take us to the nearest city where the airport has not been blocked. By plane, we will get either to Georgia or to Turkey, since the list of countries into which planes can fly from Russia is very small.
But there is one change - We will go to England, not to Germany.
Reasons - we contacted old friends.
One is an incredible person who, for us, contacts all the local LGBT refugee organizations, will fully help with the whole process from our final airport.
And two LGBT activists, refugees from Russia, who told us about the whole process in England and their own experience. They left two years ago and didn't have any problems. So I am 100% sure in England we will definitely not be rejected.
We have friends in Germany too, but half of them are refugees from Ukraine who themselves need help, and the other half cannot give us the same support that we can get in England.
So.. Here are all the updates :D
If you have any questions I can answer in comments
Today we applied for international passport. My partner's passport will be finished 22.08, but mine and our friend's will be finished 20.10, only 'cause we not living in our native region. My friend's partner will apply for international passport only 25.07, so their will be finished approximately 25.08.
Our passports will be valid for five years, as it costs $22 per person to make them, and valid for ten years cost $55 per person. We are not worried that five years may not be enough for us, because as soon as we are given refugee status, we will receive the refugee passports
So, we have 3 months to finished all of our stuff. It also means we'll need to survive 3 months with the new accepted anti-trans law
We didn't have time to get a testosterone prescription for my friend and my partner due to huge queue to the trans-friendly endocrinologist. But we will have time to solve the situation with my partner, to confirm that he is intersex (the endocrinologist already confirms this, but this requires a second doctor). I still have testosterone prescription for a year and I already have a good enough pass (pharmacy does not check the passport, only the prescription), so, as I hope, I personally will be okay for a while.
We will be able to buy plane tickets only after receiving international passports, so we'll be on the plane somewhere around the end of October. We will have to start our journey from the train, which will take us to the nearest city where the airport has not been blocked. By plane, we will get either to Georgia or to Turkey, since the list of countries into which planes can fly from Russia is very small.
But there is one change - We will go to England, not to Germany.
Reasons - we contacted old friends.
One is an incredible person who, for us, contacts all the local LGBT refugee organizations, will fully help with the whole process from our final airport.
And two LGBT activists, refugees from Russia, who told us about the whole process in England and their own experience. They left two years ago and didn't have any problems. So I am 100% sure in England we will definitely not be rejected.
We have friends in Germany too, but half of them are refugees from Ukraine who themselves need help, and the other half cannot give us the same support that we can get in England.
So.. Here are all the updates :D
If you have any questions I can answer in comments
If you're going through London and you're lost don't be afraid to ask someone, we may not look frendly but 9 times out of 10 they'll give you directions.
God speed and I hope everything goes smoothly ^^