Lionel and I brought Gaby on a 2.5 hour (x2) train journey to Geneva just to pick up her citizenship certificate and Singapore passport last week.
It took that long to get her passport (which was contingent on her getting her citizenship -- this took the longer time) . She is now 3.5 months and we started the administrative procedure quite soon after Gaby was born.
Gaby and I did not need to be there, according to the Singapore consulate in Geneva (none in Zurich). "Just one of you parents." However, being the excited young new parents that we were, we went on a family day trip together.
I am quite sure Gaby will cause at least some confusion when she registers for Primary 1. She has no Singapore birth certificate, but a Certificate of Singapore Citizenship. Instead of a birth certificate number that starts with "S-", she has a Citizenship number that begins with "T-". And later on, her birth certificate number and I/C number will also be different. (2023 update: I didn't realise in 2011 that the new IC numbers in Singapore all began with T from 2000.)
Then again, maybe other 6-year-old new Little Red Dot citizens also have this certificate. And primary school teachers who double up as administrators during the Primary One admissions exercise are already accustomed to this certificate. But at least for me, this is a first.
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| Gaby's cit1zen$hip cert1ficate |
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| Overleaf the certificate |
Can attendees of Gaby's 21st birthday party remind us that she needs to take her citizenship oath? I am not sure if we will remember to do this some 17 years after leaving Zurich. Oh, by the way, also remind us to tell Gaby that her stem cells are also stored in Switzerland and she now holds the authority to do whatever she wants with them.
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| Diaper change in the Singapore embassy |
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| Went with 2, returned with 3 |
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