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The only way to
change an alien
passport is to pass
the exam, which
includes Estonian
language and
history test. The The Post-Soviet Union government
naturalization process forbade dual citizenship, which forced
is long and difficult, ethnic Russians to make a difficult choice.
and it requires Either take the risky step of getting a
fluency in Estonian, Russian passport, limiting options (and
a complex language rights) in Estonia and potentially uprooting
with 14 cases. families that had been in the country for
decades. Or apply for Estonian citizenship,
where you must pass an exam.
People who didn’t want to take Russian
citizenship, but couldn’t pass the Estonian
exam have been classified as stateless
and issued grey alien passports.
