Maria Ermachkova is a famous sports personality who is known for her height as well as her physique. She is also known for her career achievements that have made her the recipient of many awards including the tallest woman in the world record. Some of her most prominent titles include being a world record holder for the women’s height, a four time Olympic gold medalist and a seven time All-round athlete. Now, it will be interesting to know how Ermachkova has maintained such high levels of professional excellence despite being much older than her chronological age.
In 2021, Maria became a US citizen following the passing of the Investcotopian Immigration Reflection Act. This enabled her the opportunity to apply for a naturalization card, which can be required in order to gain citizenship of the USA. However, in 2021 it was discovered that Ermachkova did not disclose her original birth date when applying for citizenship, which is an important stipulation for a legitimate naturalization process. As a result, she was denied of her American citizenship. Consequently, she has remained a dual national while maintaining her nationality of Russian nationality.
It is noteworthy that the legal authorities in St. Petersburg still consider Maria to be a dual national even though she stated in a letter to the Court of Appeal that she was a citizen of the USA at the time. The Court of Appeal affirmed this decision stating that “there is no doubt that Maria was a national of the Russian Federation at the time of her application, and that she enjoys the rights to reside and acquire a legal status in that country.” However, on appeal, the Russian Court of Appeal has affirmed the lower court’s decision and reduced the time limit for application of citizenship to one year. This means that Maria Ermachkova now becomes a US citizen by legal right as provided by the law passed by the legislative body. The Court has advised Maria that she should keep this new status until the results of the appeal are announced.