This had been done in order to be able to deal more effectively with the growing demand and to alleviate the pressure on the office.
In addition, the new procedure will afford the applicants more flexibility/choice in having their roots verified by independent, legal entities, instead of by the movement itself.
Based on the new procedure, applicants are advised to obtain a written and stamped statement from the office of any notary-at-law or law-firm, or from any relevant Government institution, indicating the following.
That it is proven that applicant (name, date and place of birth should be mentioned) has roots via mother and/or father, to the island of St. Maarten and/or St. Martin, dating back to the Landmark Year 1963.(or before.)
That document should then be emailed to; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
If, after receipt of that document by our office, application is approved, applicant will be contacted and referred to Pete's Photo Studio to take his/her picture and have his/her ID-card produced.
It is to be hoped that this procedure, will add a measure of objectivity/ legitimacy that applicants have met the movement's criteria to have their application processed.
Notary's expenses are for the account of the applicant and the movement bears no responsibility for such.
Filing the application for the cultural St. Martin ID-card does not automatically mean, that the application will be approved.
Applications-, or recommendation for the cultural St. Martin ID-card based on honorable recognition, by applicants not of St. Martin heritage, can be done directly via our office; telephone 5443512 or via 5875207, or via our emails This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This new application procedure goes into immediate effect.
For applicants living abroad thus-far the same applies.
However, once their applications have been approved by the movement, they too will be contacted and given further instructions how to finalize the process.
For more information; contact drs. Leopold JAMES, president of the St. Martin people grassroots movement at ; 5443512 / 5204325 / 5875207.
