We continue sharing the stories of women who lived for a long time as stateless persons. The new piece of the «Without Borders» special project speaks of Nodira Tuichiyeva and how she has been living for many years in Uzbekistan without a citizenship and has been dreaming of going to Tajikistan to see her grandmother and other relatives.
Asya Akimzhanova
January 18h, 2021
I think my story is similar to those of many others. My parents were citizens of the Soviet Union and had their red passports. They lived in Tajikistan where I was born in 1986. In 1993 our family moved to Uzbekistan, Samarqand where I have been living since, now with my husband and kids. My children go to school; I work as a Russian language teacher at school.
After the Soviet Union dissolution our documents became invalid while we were unable to receive new Uzbek passports since we were born in Tajikistan. We turned into stateless persons. In 2004 when I reached the age I was issued a grey passport (for stateless persons). Only my youngest brother was granted Uzbek citizenship because he was born in Uzbekistan and had Uzbek birth certificate.
My children too have all the necessary documents: despite the fact that I was not a citizen of Uzbekistan I had no problems receiving their birth certificate from Uzbek authorities.
In general, Uzbekistan has very good conditions, even for stateless persons
