Passport system in the Kiravian Federacy: Difference between revisions

A '''passport''' (Kiravic: ''lavnuríğuv'', literally "gate-warrant" or "gate-authorisation") is the primary {{wp|identity document}} for [[Kiravian]] citizens and nationals. It is a form of {{wp|internal passport}} issued by the federal subjects of the Kiravian Federacy and used for domestic identification purposes, and is distinct from passports valid for international travel, which are issued by the [[Executive College|Kiravian State Executive]].

Passports are used for domestic identification purposes such as verification of age or citizenship, and other situations where citizens of other nations might use a {{wp|national ID card}} or a {{wp|driver's license|driver's licence}}. In Kiravia, a driver's licence is not an identity document at all, but merely a legal permit to drive that is usually printed on conventional paper, contains only minimal information about the bearer, and is usually kept in the glove compartment of one's car. Card-form passports are virtually indistinguishable from driver's licences and ID cards issued by other nations.

It is not compulsory to own a passport, nor to carry one. However, because of the frequent need to verify one's identity in modern life, even within the territory of one's home state, it is normal for adults to have their passport on them when out and about.

A passport (or equivalent form of ID) is required to board an interstate domestic flight, and some private interstate bus services require a passport in order to purchase tickets. Hotels, as a matter of company policy, typically ask for a passport to reserve a room. Passports are required for Kiravian nationals to travel to the unincorporated external territories of the [[Kiravian Collectivity]] and procedurally required for sea travel to and from the incorporated overseas territories.

While the exact informational content of a passport varies by issuing authority, Federal law and the PKPC requires that all passports include:

*[[Registered domicile (Kiravia)|Registered domicile]] (if applicable)

Historically, Kiravian passports also often included information such as the bearer's ethno-social background (''[[tuva]]''), occupation, religious affiliation, birth order, and legitimacy. The latter three fields were dropped under the [[Kiravian Union]] and Kiravian Remnant alike. Ethnicity and work assignment remained standard on the Kiravian Union's passports  or the duration of its existence, while most states and territories under Remnant control discontinued them during the first decade of the Sovereignty Struggle. Some state passports, mostly on the [[Great Kirav|mainland]], retain an Occupation field, though it is voluntary in most.  

The PKPC requires that all content be printed at least in [[Kiravic Coscivian|Kiravic]] and that all numerical data be printed in Coscivian numerals. Many states choose to print passport content in additional languages. The languages used are most often the official or co-official languages of the state and standard for all passports, but some states allow applicants to select which additional languages will appear on their passport ([[Enscirya]], for example, allows its citizens to choose any living [[Ĥeiran Coscivians|Ĥeiran Coscivian]] language, [Aboriginal language], or [[Taństan Coscivians#Language|Taństan]]). [[Vrykrova|Vrykrovan]] passports are printed in Kiravic and High Coscivian, even though High Coscivian is not an official language in the state.

Civil registration and the issuance of internal passports is the responsibility of the federal subjects - states and territories, federal districts, overseas provinces and possessions, and Aboriginal tribal authorities. [[Kiravian nationality law|Kiravian nationals]] may be issued a passport by the federal subject in which they reside, or by the one where they have [[Registered domicile (Kiravia)|registered domicile]]. Legal residents who are not Kiravian nationals may only receive passports from the federal subject where they reside. Persons present in Kiravia on non-immigrant visas and illegal aliens are not eligible for passports.

Kiravian nationals may register their domicile anywhere in the Federacy with a valid postal address, and can easily transfer their registration by mail or online, so it not unheard of for Kiravians to be registered in places they have never even been to. Domestic passports, on the other hand, must be obtained in person (though some jurisdictions allow renewal by mail). As such, most Kiravians who permanently resettle in another state/territory will eventually end up with a passport from their state/territory of residence, even though most do not transfer their registered domicile. However, it is very common for states or territories to have significant minorities of residents who hold passports from neighbouring states, especially where metropolitan areas spill across state boundaries. As an extreme example, in [District of Coīnvra]] (which is 270km² large and surrounded by the states of [[Hanoram]] and [[Ventarya]], into which the Kartika suburbs extend) only 42% of residents hold Coīnvran passports and only 16% of residents have registered their domicile there.

Passports belonging to convicts on work release from prison, remand, house arrest, or parole are confiscated and replaced with a "yellow passport" which may be marked as invalid for travel purposes. Issuing authorities may suspend or revoke passports with due process of the law. Historically this penalty was applied to people who committed treason or insurrection against the state or deserted from its militia. Today it is mostly applied to fugitives from justice and people who fail to comply with court orders while out-of-state (~70% for failing to make child support payments).