News / Polish citizen to be forced to serve foreign military [5]

Hello readers.

I will try to put it short, if you have additional questions, feel free to ask me. Please move a thread to suitable forum if i got it wrong.

I was born in 1986, currently I have dual citizenship: estonian citizenship, which was obtained by birth in mid 1990s , and a polish citizenship which was obtained by birth(close relatives) in 2010. Permanently living in Estonia.

Due to my health I have never been asked to serve an estonian army by medical commision decisions since i was 18 until 2012 year, when i was considered healthy enough to serve for it.

It caught me by a total surprise, after doing a research,I have applied for removal of estonian citizenship entirely 6 months ago, the decision is still pending. And the decision cannot be positive during military period.

Technically dual citizenship in Estonia is not allowed and tolerated, the only exception is when person has both citizenshups obtained by birth.

So I have just a several weeks left to solve this issue, I have a familiy, work and I'm 26 so leaving Estonia for now would cause some blow to my life.

Ignoring the military invitation entirely is fined with 800 Eur fine and jail.

I have also found out from wiki that "penalties do exist for exercising foreign citizenship, such as identifying oneself to Polish authorities using a foreign identification document or serving in a foreign military without permission of Polish military authorities".

I am seeking help, maybe someone can give me an idea of what I should do? I am going to Polish embassy next week, do I have the right to ask for some sort of protection , or at least make sure I am not receiving penalties for exercising foreign citizenship because its not a free will.

Gleb