Immigration Process Regulation (2010)

Immigration Process Regulation (2010)
Promulgated By	The Duke of Montin
Issuing Office	Royal Chancellor's Office
Enactment Authority	Royal Prerogative
Promulgation Date	September 20, 2010
Governing Statute

The Royal Chancellor, The Duke of Montin, hereby makes the annexed Regulations concerning the immigration process.

Definitions

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions are made:

1. “Applicant” shall refer to any person seeking Gotzborg citizenship under the process as described within this Regulation.
2. “Completed” shall refer to an immigration application in which the applicant has submitted appropriate information for all mandatory fields.
3. “Decision” shall refer to the Vice-Minister’s decision to end a New Citizen’s probationary period after a successful evaluation.
4. "Minister" shall refer to His Royal Majesty’s Minister of State for the Home Office.
5. “New Citizen” shall refer to an applicant that has been granted citizenship but has not passed the statutory probationary period.
6. “Vice-Minister” shall refer to the Vice-Minister for Immigration and Human Resources.

Application

2. The Ministry of Immigration and Human Resources shall require all those seeking Gotzborg citizenship to submit a completed immigration application before being considered for such status.

3. The structure of the immigration application, with respect to the information fields to be included, shall conform to that indicated by Schedule 1.

4. A completed application shall be submitted via the Immigration and Human Resources forum at the national community forums.

Recommendation

5. Upon receipt of a completed immigration application, containing pertinent information in all required fields, the Vice-Minister shall provide a recommendation to the Minister as to whether the applicant should be considered for citizenship.

6. If the Minister finds that the completed application is in order and that there are no underlying security concerns associated with the applicant, then the Minister shall grant citizenship to the applicant.

7. The Minister, on recommendation from the Vice-Minister, may accept an incomplete immigration application in consideration of exceptional circumstances afflicting the applicant. In such instance, the Minister shall provide a full report to the Royal Cabinet Office on the nature of said circumstances.

Probationary Period

8. A New Citizen shall be subject to a thirty (30) day probationary period commencing from the date on which the Minister grants citizenship.

9. During the probationary period, a New Citizen shall not be permitted to hold high office within the Royal Government or any of its constituent organisations. High office includes any ministerial or Royal Cabinet Office position and any flag officer position within the military or police services.

10. At the end of the probationary period, the Vice-Minister shall evaluate a New Citizen to determine the New Citizen’s level of commitment to Gotzborg. The evaluation shall be performed in accordance with the below-noted provisions.

11. The Vice-Minister shall publish his Decision regarding a New Citizen’s successful completion of the probationary period or failure thereof and issue full report to the Royal Cabinet Office detailing the rationale behind his Decision.

Evaluation

12. At the beginning of the evaluation period, the New Citizen shall be assigned a task to be completed as a part of the evaluation. This task shall be assigned by the Vice-Minister in consultation with the Royal Cabinet Office and, to the best extent practical, in keeping with the New Citizen’s stated interests. Where the task falls outside the Vice-Minister’s area of responsibility, the Vice-Minister shall assign a mentor to provide guidance to the New Citizen in completing the task.

13. The successful completion of this task by the New Citizen shall form an integral part of the Decision by the Vice-Minister.

14. The New Citizen’s general participation and initiative in community matters on the national community forums shall be considered by the Vice-Minister in rendering his decision.

Continued Probation and Right to Appeal

15. Where the Vice-Minister’s Decision does not provide for the New Citizen’s probationary period to be ended, the New Citizen shall continue to be considered on probation for a subsequent thirty (30) day period.

16. The New Citizen shall be re-evaluated at the end of each subsequent period; however, new evaluation-related tasks shall not be assigned unless previously assigned tasks have been first completed.

17. The New Citizen may appeal the Vice-Minister’s Decision to the Minister. The Minister shall provide receipt to the New Citizen on receiving the appeal request and render a decision on the matter within ten (10) days thereafter.

Amendment

18. The Vice-Minister shall have the authority to amend this regulation to provide for amendment to, or clarification of, the nature of the immigration application as described in Schedule 1 and the evaluation process described above. All amendments shall be published.

In-Force

19. These regulations shall come into force on the twentieth day of September in the year two-thousand-ten.

Schedule 1: Immigration Form

(All fields mandatory)

1. NAME:
2. EMAIL ADDRESS:
3. MACRONATIONALITY:
4. OTHER MICRONATIONAL CITIZENSHIPS:
5. DUCHY OF RESIDENCE:
6. INTERESTS & HOBBIES:
7. REASONS FOR APPLYING: