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citizenship

vr.tr.citizenship · XCT.QLT

Let an agent explain citizenship by acquisition routes, rights, dual citizenship and statelessness in general terms, point to official sources, and avoid personal immigration or legal advice.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain citizenship by acquisition routes, rights, dual citizenship and statelessness in general terms, point to official sources, and avoid personal immigration or legal advice.

The legal status of membership of a state, conferring rights such as residence, voting and diplomatic protection and duties such as obeying laws, acquired by birth, descent, naturalisation or other routes; some states distinguish citizenship from nationality, and categories such as British Overseas Territories citizenship exist.

What it is for: Defining membership and rights in a state.

It can be explain how citizenship can be acquired in general terms; find official application information; understand dual citizenship rules; find help for stateless people.

Distinguishing features

Legal membership of a state

Rights and duties

Acquired by several routes

Rules vary by country

What it looks like

A legal status evidenced by passports, certificates and identity cards.

How it is recognised

Passports and citizenship certificates

Nationality fields on documents

Residence permits are not citizenship

Related models

is a kind of - category

membership and legal status

is evidenced by - document

passport

is related to - acquisition by descent

descent-relation

is contrasted with - absence

statelessness

In practice

Families and kinds

citizenship by birth

citizenship by descent

naturalisation

dual and multiple citizenship

special categories such as overseas territories citizenship

Standards and regulation

National nationality law

UN conventions on statelessness

Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 15

Failure modes and hazards

Agents giving personal immigration advice

Scams offering fast-track citizenship

Outdated rules

Also called

AnguillansBritish Virgin IslandersGibraltariansTurks and Caicos IslandersBermudansBritishBritish AsiansBritish World War I casualtyCornish peopleBlack BritonsFalkland IslandersLatin American BritishSouth African BritonsThai Britonsnaturalised sports competitorSouth Asians in the United KingdomEast Asian BritonsBritish PunjabisVietnamese people in the United KingdomBritish African-Caribbean peopleKenyan BritonsTanzanian BritonsBolivians in the United KingdomPeruvians in the United KingdomSub-district headDistrict head of NgawiAmerican Samoan citizenship and nationalitymultiple citizenshipBulgarian nationality lawclaimed citizenshipcitizenship in IslamDutch citizenshipenvironnemental citizenshipenergy citizenshipcitizenship of the United StatesRoman citizenshipcitizenship of Russiaglobal citizenshipactive citizenshipBelarusian citizenship

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.citizenship

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Acquire Routes.

Routes vary.

Routes

Birth, descent, naturalisation.

Routes

Acquisition routes.

  1. Which routes to citizenship exist in this country, according to official sources? provenance
  2. What are the general requirements? provenance

Apply

Applications.

Apply

Applications.

  1. Where is the official application process described? provenance
  2. Is the user seeking advice on their own case? boundary
Rights Rights and duties.

Status confers rights.

Rights

Citizen rights.

Rights

Citizen rights.

  1. Which rights come with this citizenship, such as voting or consular protection? provenance
  2. Which duties apply? provenance

Dual

Dual citizenship.

Dual

Dual citizenship.

  1. Does this country allow dual citizenship? provenance
  2. Could acquiring another citizenship cause loss of this one? provenance
Stateless Without citizenship.

Help exists.

Help

Support.

Help

Support for stateless people.

  1. Which organisations help stateless people? provenance
  2. Is there a statelessness determination procedure here? provenance

Risk

At risk.

Risk

Risk of statelessness.

  1. Could a child or adult be at risk of statelessness? boundary
  2. Where can they get legal help? provenance
Safety Scams and neutrality.

Caution needed.

Scams

Fake services.

Scams

Scams.

  1. Is an agency promising guaranteed or fast-track citizenship for a fee? boundary
  2. How can official channels be identified? action

Neutral

Contested cases.

Neutral

Contested cases.

  1. Is citizenship tied to a disputed territory here? boundary
  2. How should different positions be attributed? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each country citizenship be a separate entry?
  • How should official portals be linked?
  • How should special categories be modelled?
Draft as JSON