Seimas speaker and Minister of Justice to mull proposals on name-spelling

The parliament is currently discussing two amendments on the spelling of personal names in ID documents.

One of the versions suggests allowing non-Lithuanian characters on the main page of passports, while the alternative bill envisages the use of non-Lithuanian letters of the Latin alphabet on an additional page.

The government has given a green light to the bill that would allow x, w and q, which do not exist in the Lithuanian alphabet, on the main page of passports.

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The amendments would allow the original spelling for Lithuania’s Polish community, if the applicants provide a source of the non-Lithuanian version of his or her first and last name.

The possibility would also be available to Lithuanians who assume names of their foreign spouses.

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