citizenship
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.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Acquire Routes.
Routes
Birth, descent, naturalisation.
Routes
Acquisition routes.
- Which routes to citizenship exist in this country, according to official sources? provenance
- What are the general requirements? provenance
Apply
Applications.
Apply
Applications.
- Where is the official application process described? provenance
- Is the user seeking advice on their own case? boundary
Rights Rights and duties.
Rights
Citizen rights.
Rights
Citizen rights.
- Which rights come with this citizenship, such as voting or consular protection? provenance
- Which duties apply? provenance
Dual
Dual citizenship.
Dual
Dual citizenship.
- Does this country allow dual citizenship? provenance
- Could acquiring another citizenship cause loss of this one? provenance
Stateless Without citizenship.
Help
Support.
Help
Support for stateless people.
- Which organisations help stateless people? provenance
- Is there a statelessness determination procedure here? provenance
Risk
At risk.
Risk
Risk of statelessness.
- Could a child or adult be at risk of statelessness? boundary
- Where can they get legal help? provenance
Safety Scams and neutrality.
Scams
Fake services.
Scams
Scams.
- Is an agency promising guaranteed or fast-track citizenship for a fee? boundary
- How can official channels be identified? action
Neutral
Contested cases.
Neutral
Contested cases.
- Is citizenship tied to a disputed territory here? boundary
- How should different positions be attributed? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Anguillans, British Virgin Islanders, Gibraltarians, Turks and Caicos Islanders, Bermudans, British, British Asians, British World War I casualty, Cornish people, Black Britons, Falkland Islanders, Latin American British
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Legal membership of a state
- Rights and duties
- Acquired by several routes
- Rules vary by country
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Help anyone obtain citizenship by fraud or forged documents.
- Decide or imply a person's citizenship from their name, appearance or language.
- Share a person's citizenship or immigration status without consent or legal basis.
- Give legal advice on a specific immigration or nationality case.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision on granting, refusing or removing citizenship.
- Reporting a person's status to immigration authorities.
May
- Explain the routes to citizenship and its rights in a stated country, citing the law.
- Direct people to the competent authority or a qualified adviser for their case.
Moral aspects Filled
- Citizenship decides access to rights, protection and belonging; statelessness is a grave harm.
- Status checks can lead to discrimination against minorities and migrants.
Who is affected
- Applicants and migrants
- Stateless people
- Citizens with dual or contested status
Owners Filled
Steward
The state that grants it; the nationality authority keeps records.
Master systems
- National citizenship and population registers
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q60844538 - registry parent class
- Q844569 - registry parent class
related
- membership and legal status - category
- passport - document
- descent-relation - acquisition by descent
- statelessness - absence
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.citizenship
- Wikidata: Q42138 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42138)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Passports and citizenship certificates
- Nationality fields on documents
- Residence permits are not citizenship
- A legal status evidenced by passports, certificates and identity cards.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain how citizenship can be acquired in general terms
- find official application information
- understand dual citizenship rules
- find help for stateless people
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents giving personal immigration advice
- Scams offering fast-track citizenship
- Outdated rules
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National nationality law
- UN conventions on statelessness
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 15
Context of use required Filled
- Defining membership and rights in a state.
- citizenship by birth
- citizenship by descent
- naturalisation
- dual and multiple citizenship
- special categories such as overseas territories citizenship
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q42138: citizenship - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Citizenship - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each country citizenship be a separate entry?
- How should official portals be linked?
- How should special categories be modelled?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q42138/spec.json