Kosovar risks fine in Germany, due to expired passports

The couple are very upset when they received a letter from the district office that threatened them with fines because of the expired passport, which had not been continued their validity.

Because, as a result of the coronary crisis, he could not in time prolong the validity of the passport, a citizen from the Fürstenfeldbrock district, the Laundy of Bravaria, has been threatened with fines from the district office, writes mercer.de.

Kosovo's citizen passport had expired. Its efforts to prolong the validity of the passport had failed because the Kosovo Embassy did not work. An acquaintance working there confirmed that the office was closed, broadcast albinfo.ch. This applies not only to Germany, but so it is worldwide”, she has said, referring to Kosovo embassies in the world.

The couple are very upset when they received a letter from the district office that threatened them with fines because of the expired passport, which had not been continued their validity. “What is missing here is the most flexible approach to the case”, says Kosovo's husband, conveys albinfo.ch. Of course, it's not a good feeling when you don't have a passport.

On the one hand, the law in Kosovo has been changed”, he says. The existing documents have become invalid as a result of this change and therefore should be updated. That too is one reason why the couple have failed to finish their work with the responsible authorities.

Moreover, his wife belongs to the group at risk of coronaryism and is currently unable to handle document research on her own.
In the district office currently there is no information about the fact that the embassys are closed, sends albinfo.ch. In some cases, it may surely be impossible to go to the embassy personally”, the law department says.

However, authorities should have access by telephone, e - mail, or physical mail. In principle, whether the fine is imposed or not is a matter of the official's individual decision, Bausewein from the law department says, broadcast albinfo.ch.

“Basically, it can be said that the stranger should not be fined in normal circumstances if the passport has expired in the last three months”. However, according to the official in question, if it proves that the person affected has not made the right effort to extend the passport, he may be fined, albinfo.ch conveys. The usual fine in these cases is 1 euro per day late. In concrete cases even this fine can be reduced.