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Teodora Genchovska Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Nearly 200 people with dual citizenship said they were not allowed to enter and leave the Republic of Northern Macedonia in cars with Bulgarian registration. This was said by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodora Genchovska during the parliamentary control over the problems of Macedonian Bulgarians, BGNES reported.
“Since the beginning of March this year, the Bulgarian Embassy in Skopje, the Consulate General in Bitola, has been receiving signals, as you said, from citizens with dual citizenship that they face an obstacle from the RSM customs authorities when crossing the state border by car. registered in Bulgaria.
So far, nearly 200 people have said they are not allowed to enter and leave the PCM. The complaints state that the local customs and border authorities inform them orally that they cannot enter and leave the country in heavy and light vehicles registered in Bulgaria without being issued a relevant document stating the legal basis. “, added Genchovska.
According to her, in order to clarify the situation, the embassy in Skopje has held and continues to hold meetings and talks with local authorities.
“It has been established that a new law on registration of cars with foreign registration numbers has been in force since December 22. According to the law, cars with foreign registration numbers should be re-registered, fully complying with the provisions of local legislation. that vehicles with foreign registrations, the largest percentage of them with Bulgarian registration numbers, are not registered under local law, although they reside more than 180 days in the country, and the permanent address of residence of the owner is not abroad, However, the data on the entry of a car with a foreign registration, however, is easily established by a cross-check by the local agencies “Customs” and the Ministry of Interior, “she explained.
According to her, on March 21 this year, the interim head of the RSM embassy in Sofia was summoned for an interview at the Foreign Ministry. “The representative of the RSM said that the actions of the Customs Agency of the RSM in recent years have been aimed at cars with foreign registration other than Bulgarian, and currently not limited to border checkpoints with the Republic of Bulgaria.
It was stated that in order to settle the status of vehicles with Bulgarian registration, some dual citizens resort to deregistration of their permanent address from the PCM, and for this purpose fill in forms at the embassy and receive a certificate. After this procedure, they do not have to import customs duties and register their own cars and trucks. We continue to monitor the information, “Genchovska said.
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