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| ==Issuance and Eligibility== | | ==Issuance and Eligibility== |
| ''This entire section is cap and will be thoroughly gutted.''
| | 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. |
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| <strike>Civil registration and the issuance of internal passports is primarily the responsibility of the federal subjects - states and territories, federal districts, overseas provinces and possessions, and Aboriginal tribal authorities. The Federal government issues internal passports for special classes of persons, such as military personnel, military dependents living in overseas bases who would not be eligible for state passports, and residents of minor possessions administered directly by the Federal government (e.g. [[Minor Kiravian Overseas Possessions#New Ardana Island|New Ardana Island]]). During the Confederal Republics era and the early years of the Federacy, the national government issued special internal passports for government agents travelling on official business. This practice has been discontinued, except for constitutional executive officers (Prime Executive, Second Executive, [[Emergency Backup Executive]]), judges of the [[Federal Consistory]], and certain officers of Federal law enforcement agencies.
| | 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. |
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| Eligibility for a passports is governed by the '''Pan-Kiravian Passport Compact''' and the laws of individual states, territories, etc. In order to be eligible for a passport, one must be a ''estuvimduv'' (conventionally translated as "subject", but sometimes as "belonger") of the issuing subnational government. An ''estuvimduv'' may or may not be a Kiravian national, and the PKPC requires that all passports clearly indicate the bearer's nationality (or lack thereöf), as well as whether the bearer is a Kiravian citizen, metic, or "simple national". While states may issue passports to persons of any age, most set age minima and have shorter renewal periods for those under 17. Under the PKPC, states may not set the minimum age any higher than 15. Children under the age of 15 may travel on the passport of a legal guardian.
| | The Federal government issues internal passports for special classes of persons, such as military personnel, military dependents living at overseas bases, and residents of minor possessions administered directly by the Federal government (e.g. [[Minor Kiravian Overseas Possessions#New Ardana Island|New Ardana Island]]). During the Confederal Period and the early years of the Federacy, the national government issued special internal passports for government agents travelling on official business. Today this continues only for constitutional executive officers (Prime Executive, Second Executive, [[Emergency Backup Executive]]) and judges of the [[Federal Consistory]]. |
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| The degree of attachment that one must have to a state to be considered a subject of that state and eligible for a passport varies by state. Most states require that applicants be a resident at the time they apply for a passport, though exceptions are often made for persons born in the state. Several states allow nonresidents whose parents (or even grandparents) were resident subjects of the state to obtain passports. It is prohibited to hold passports from more than one state/territory concurrently.
| | Minors become eligible for youth passports at 14 or 15, depending on the jurisdiction. These expire at the end of the month following the holder's seventeenth or eighteenth year. Subsequent renewal periods vary by jurisdiction: Some are based on fixed numbers of years from the issue date, others from the holder's age, or a combination of both. |
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| In the event that a Kiravian national or an otherwise lawful resident is not eligible for allegiance with the state in which they reside or any other state (or is a Kiravian national living outside the Federacy), the federal subject in which they are born will issue them a passport. Idk what happens with foreign-born people.
| | 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). |
| Federal law bars prisoners and parolees from applying for passports for the duration of their sentences and suspends their existing passports' validity for travel purposes. Issuing authorities may suspend or revoke passports with due process of the law for persons who have committed treason against the state, deserted from its defence forces, or failed to comply with court orders while out-of-state (e.g. child support payments).
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| ===Nonresident Allegiance===
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| A major difference between identification policy in Kiravia and other federations is that passport holders do not need to be domiciled in the state that issues their passport. Kiravian law differentiates between state residency and state subjecthood, and the Fundamental Statute requires that citizens/subjects of one state be afforded [eu/article whatever privileges] when resident in another state. As such, there are comparatively few incentives for Kiravians to obtain new passports after moving to a new state, and because many states allow passports to be renewed online or by post, many states have large minority populations who remain subjects of other states. In fact, only 46% of residents of the [[District of Coīnvra]] hold District of Coīnvra passports.
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| State subjecthood and passport status does not affect a person's state/territorial tax liability, which is tied to their legal domicile. </strike>
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| <strike>The Free State of [[Verdasina]] establishes state citizenship on a ''ius sanguinis'' basis, meaning that Kiravian citizens who have never set foot in Verdasina can obtain a Verdasinan passport provided that they can demonstrate an ancestral connexion to the state. Many ethnic Tryhstians living across the Federacy carry passports issued by the [[Tryhstian Littoral|Tryhstian Littoral Territory]].</strike> ⇐ Revise and move.
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