Themiclesian nationality law

Themiclesian nationality laws define the scope of the Themiclesian nationality, which is a pre-requisite for the political rights and access to certain public welfare benefits and some others. With few exceptions, current legislation, through both jus soli and jus sanguinis, grants citizenship automatically to any infant born in Themiclesia and those born abroad with one or two Themiclesian parents. Themiclesian is thus one of the few countries in Septentrion to recognize both claims to nationality simultaneously. Themiclesian nationality does not, under normal circumstances, conflict with other nationalities.

Scope

Pertinent legislation, mostly found in the Nationalities Registration Act of 1873, provides eight conditions under which a natural person gains Themiclesian nationality:

1. Born in Themiclesia or any territory administered by the Themiclesian government
2. Born on the High Seas and lands in Themiclesia before any other nation
3. Born in the open air or space and lands in Themiclesia before any other nation
4. Born in another state to one or both parents possessing Themiclesian nationality
5. Currently stateless and lands in Themiclesia
6. Becomes stateless in Themiclesia
7. Naturalization by application or act of parliament
8. Acceptance of honourary citizenship

The same law also stipulates conditions under which one loses Themiclesian nationality:

1. Voluntary abjuration
2. Act of parliament

Exclusions

Though this may seem obvious, the Nationalities Registration Act states that one natural person may only possess one legal identity with Themiclesian nationality, i.e. one cannot possess two Themiclesian nationalities at the same time and cast two ballots or receive two health insurance policies as two different legal persons in a single natural person. If simultaneous nationality is discovered as leading to franchise or welfare abuse, the government may prosecute the offender for electoral or financial fraud, in addition to annulling plural nationalities.

Naturalization

History

The Themiclesian government has been noted for its relatively mild requirements for naturalization, though barriers have been rising since the end of the Pan-Septentrion War. Immigration exploded from the late 40s, particularly from the war-torn and defeated aggressor states of Dayashina and Menghe; immigrants from these countries have been stymied by their governments' inability to win the war and to protect them during it, and many amongst them sought a new start in Themiclesia, which has enjoyed the reputation of a culturally-similar, economically-developed, and diplomatically-peaceful state. In conjunction with the smaller immigrant communities mostly from these two nations dating from before the War, and under the loose immigration control at the time, they formed the majority of the Menghean and Dayashinese diasporomena in Themiclesia, together accounting for around 10% of all Themiclesians today.

Requirements as of 2017

The law above stipulates that individuals of other nationalities may apply to naturalize to Themiclesia upon meeting the following positive criteria:

1. Of the age of majority in Themiclesia or that in the state whose nationality the applicant currently possesses
   1. Absent that, the assent of both parents for an individual in minority
2. Has a stable address in Themiclesia and has been legally present in Themiclesia for at least a solar year continuously or for an interval greater than two solar years within the previous three solar years

and negative criteria:

1. Is not illiterate
2. Is not incompetent or insane, an undischarged bankrupt, or for any other reason barred from exercising property rights
3. Is not a carrier of a contagious and lethal disease
4. Is not a criminal at large, having been convicted of an infamous crime in a foreign state that is also punishable in Themiclesia and remains undischarge and unpardonned
5. Is not a habitual drunkard or addict to substances subject to control in Themiclesia
6. Is not under employ or duress from a foreign state, foreign power, or another individual, domestic or alien, natural or corporate, to take up Themiclesian nationality
7. Is not currently a Themiclesian national

Planned revisions

Certain visa types entitle their holders to some exemptions to the positive criteria normally required for naturalization; however, this has been criticized as a source of abuse, allowing resourceful persons to obtain Themiclesian nationality for nefarious purposes. The government is closely studying the validity of these claims and possible avenues to rectification, "for the insurance of a fairer and more transparent naturalization system".

Plural nationalities

Themiclesian law is agnostic as to other nationalities. While this means Themiclesian nationals may, under Themiclesian law, hold as many nationalities as they desire, other nationalities are not adequate defences to their liability to domestic legislation, taxes payable to the state, or civic duties incumbent upon them through their Themiclesian nationality.

See also

• Themiclesia
• Menghe
• Dayashina
• Menghean nationality law
• Menghean diaspora in Themiclesia
• Dayashinese diaspora in Themiclesia