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- From: michael.polymenakos@factory.com (Michael Polymenakos)
- Newsgroups: alt.peeves,soc.culture.british,soc.culture.greek
- Subject: The Scarlet Letter
- Message-ID: <8873.3248.uupcb@factory.com>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 23:01:00 GMT
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- Organization: Invention Factory's BBS - New York City, NY - 212-274-8298v.32bis
- Reply-To: michael.polymenakos@factory.com (Michael Polymenakos)
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- jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson) writes:
- >On the off chance that the AppleOfOurEye might like to accompany us
- >on trips abroad, I called the Passport Office to ask about adding her
- >name to my passport. Apparently this is impossible because a) her
- ...
- >In order for the child to have a Greek passport, the Greek embassy
- >claim that the mother must personally go to register the birth in
- >Athens, filling in ``unknown'' in the space reserved for ``father's
-
- Which goes to prove that when it comes to brainless paper pushers,
- Greece has complete parity with its western neighbours, and vice-versa.
-
- >a business meeting without her parents. But it does raise the question
- >of how to sit her in the Photo-Me booth, particularly since she is less
- >than three weeks old and can't support her own head. And should the
-
- My first attempt at taking a passport photo for my son involved letting
- him lay flat face-up on the bed. His mother attracted his attention,
- while I went to work with the Polaroid. The pictures came out good,
- except that when we got to the post office, they would not accept
- them, because the background was a soft brown, while US regulations
- clearly specify Deep Blue. Go figure... Went home, changed the sheets,
- repeated the procedure, all OK.
-
- >three weeks old and can't support her own head. And should the photo be
- >with, or without nappies? I'm sure there's an EC regulation on this.
-
- EEC regulation 234/82ss8#4 specifies the color of nappies on passports
- and other official documents, in reference to the European Standard
- Colors Table (DGY12/31) as modified by the Aachen Treaty on Chromatic
- Unity (ATCU), currently pending ratification.
-
- >
- >If anyone has any ideas on how to circumvent this Kafka-esque
- >situation, I'd be glad to hear from them!!
-
- Have you considered adopting your daughter? I don't know about British
- law, but it sounds like it might be the way to clear up the situation,
- and to establish your legal rights as the child's guardian, say
- (g.d forbid) something happens to the mother.
-
- You may even want to examine both Greek and British law to determine
- which is more favorable to you in this case.
-
- Good Luck,
-
- Michael.
-
-