Zaqistan Department of State
Zaqistan Passports
The Zaqistan State Department accepts applications for Zaqistan Passports. Anyone is welcome to apply. The processing time varies, but usually is between a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of three months.
The application fee for passports is a suggested $40 US dollars. The Zaqistan Passport Authority welcomes proposals for trades will gladly accept goods, services, works of art, etc.
You must include a high-resolution color passport photo of your face against a white background (ideally taken with a flash) with this application:
Submit to: Zaqistanpassportauthority@gmail.com
Upon recipt of your application for a passport the Zaqistan Passport Authority will either accept or deny it. If your application is accepted, instructions for payment and confirmation will be sent to you via email.
Important note: Zaqistan passports ARE Government Issued Identification. However, NOT ALL countries or establishments recognize the validitiy of Zaqistani passports. It is the passport bearer's responsibility to obtain all necessary visas for entry into foreign countries. The Zaqistan State Department CANNOT guarantee any aid in the event of confiscation of the passport, detention, or incarceration.
Diplomacy
The Zaqistan State Department opened the first Zaqistan Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 24, 2012. Hosted by Nuevo Museo Energía de Arte Contemporáneo, The Embassy expanded Zaqistan’s global presence and influence beyond its desert borders.
The Embassy featured a History of Zaqistan exhibit, historicizing the recent past in display cases with artifacts and wildlife specimens, photographs, maps, wall texts, a timeline, and educational videos. The Embassy also issued passports.
Informative displays educate the general public about Zaqistan history and culture.
Spirits are high and new citizens are excited to join the Zaqistan Nation.
Zaq Landsberg and Secretary of State Sofía Gallisá Muriente conducted some diplomancy as well, they commemorated the fallen soldiers from the War of Malvinas (Falkland Islands) by showing their respects with a flower wreath, presented in the Plaza San Martín Fallen Soldiers Memorial in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The Embassy also featured Zaqistani outreach through public programming, like a nationbuilding workshop for children, where local youth will founded and developed their own nations. The Embassy also hosted a discussion with Axel Lazzari PhD, an Argentine professor in Anthropology who specializes in the study of the Rankulche indigenous people that inhabit the desert of La Pampa in Central Argentina. Lazzari, Zaq Landsberg and Secretary of State Sofía Gallisá Muriente discussed their perspectives on the desert, the Republic of Zaqistan and what lies ahead. We were joined by an enthusiastic audience that extended the conversation well into the night.
The ideas of Zaqistan communicated across languages and cultures, and the nation gained new citizens, new supporters and new energy.
Consulate General of Zaqistan opened in New York City, USA, on February 24, 2012. The Zaqistan State Department’s second Zaqistan diplomatic mission was hosted by the arts organization chashama, and funded in part by a grant from the NEA (USA), the Zaqistan Arts Council (Zaqistan). LIke the Embassy, the Consulate General, located just steps away from the United Nations featured historical displays, educational videos, natural Zaqistani specimens, etc.
In addition the Consulate General also hosted a youth Nationbuilding workshop
