Lord Justiciar,
I see you have published a new nationalization in the Royal Gazette. While I am happy to see new citizens in the glorious realm of His Majesty King James II, and I welcome him with open arms, I am concerned about the details of the process.
Where is his application? I see no record of it anywhere.
God save the King
Just checked: it's a probationary citizenship.
My apologies, I had posted some further objections, here, based upon my misunderstanding of the current legislation. Having now, reviewed it, I admit my error, I withdraw those objections and I apologize...like a man.
Anyone else want to try it?
The application was sent to the Home Secretary which was then forwarded to me.
Lord Justiciar,
I was afraid that would be your response. I pray the hopeful citizen understands that this is no way personal for indeed it could not be personal as I have had no dealing with him in any manner constructive or ill that I remember.
I do not believe that such an application is legal. The Naturalization (Amendment) Act 2008 states:
Quote:6. Applicants for citizenship shall submit their application form by means of―
(a) physical post,
(b) an electronic form provided on the national website, or
(c) a note-card in Second Life.
HRH Duke of Gottingen
Mr. Speaker,
The form which I accepted from Mr. Königsmark is the same format as the one which was posted on the national website (having a copy from my own application), as provided for in section (b ).
Being Home Secretary, and responsible for the affairs of naturalization, I accepted the electronic application and reviewed it, whereby it was processed, and also reviewed by the Justiciar (successor to the office of Prime Minister), as provided for by Section 3, subsection 3 of the Naturalization Act:
"Any Applicant shall have the right to have his/her Application processed, either by the Secretary of State for Home Affairs, some competent subordinate of the Home Secretary or the Prime Minister, within the period of one week."
Being processed, reviewed, and re-reviewed, the application was approved, and Mr. Königsmark was granted probationary citizenship; according to the system provided for by the Naturalization Act, and subsequent amendments, no one but the Home Secretary, or approved subordinates, is required to know about or handle applications, and the notice of naturalization was issued in the exact manner as is always used, after due consideration. The application process was done by the book, and citizenship granted accordingly.
Home Secretary Reverend von Kassell,
Thank you for the clarification. Please direct me to the electronic application.
God save the King.
Mr. Speaker,
I have privately messaged you the information you required.
Home Secretary Reverend von Kassell,
I appreciate your diligent response to my queries. I have not communicated well. What I'm confused about is this, you stated to me:
"The form... ...was posted on the national website"
Where is this form posted as I would like to review it pursuant to my duties as His Majesty's minister.
HRH Duke of Gottingen
Home Secretary Reverend von Kassell,
I have reviewed the information you have sent me and I believe there is reason for concern.
Per the act:
Quote:(b) an electronic form provided on the national website,
You freely admit that the form filled out by the applicant was not, in fact, provided by the national website, but was provided by your personal website. This would be a non issue if the form could be verified to be identical to the proper national form, after all, it is an electronic form and so long as an exact duplicate is made I don't think any reasonable argument can be made that the exact source matters. But the application is missing from the national website and that draws into question the validity of the one submitted. I believe the form to be a genuine exact duplicate and think that, as it pertains to this specific citizens application, can be dispensed, but more on the form itself below.
More disturbing is the fact that the applicant failed to follow the instructions on the form. (I have attached the document* for the inspection of those following this topic.) *Converted to PDF for maximum compatibility.
Significantly, the act does not provide for the form to be
submitted electronically, and the internal content of the form itself is also testimony to that fact. The form demands a physical printing, signature and letter posting. It is not legal for the government to accept any substitutes for these key specific requirements.
Worst of all, the applicant failed to complete the form, at least with respect to a mailing address.
Any and all of these things draw into question the validity of the application. This problem would hang over the head of the citizen like a dark cloud should someone wish to press the issue and file official complaints challenging the veracity of his citizenship sometime in the future, or we can address them now.
I believe some important things need to be done to protect the future citizens, and the governments reputation. The naturalization act needs to be amended again to bring it into line with the needs of the nation as they are today. The citizen, through no fault of his own, has been mislead into filing an illegal application and should be asked to reapply legally.
If nothing else, the form should be updated and placed on the national server again as it is currently missing.
God save the King
Mr. Speaker,
In order not to punish the applicant for my mistake, and so as to avoid the use of the application, which I find flawed in general. Thus, I will make use of provision (a) or Subsection 6, of Section 3, and allow the applicant to physically post an application, as defined in the Home Office forum, for review in said forum. That way, no question can be raised as to the validity of his application process, or citizenship status.