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The Aenaeian Constitution - Article II
ARTICLE II: Citizenship Specifications
SECTION I: Birth and Conception
I. All persons conceived of at least 1 natural parent of legitimate Aenaeian National Citizenship is, from the time of conception, a Citizen of the United Republics of Aenaeia, and are entitled to the Rights and benefits thereof.
II. The individual States and the Governments of those States shall decide the Citizenship process for the Rights and benefits granted by those States without hindrance from the Federal Government, and shall not restrict their Citizens in any way from maintaining dual or multiple Citizenship with other States, and shall not prohibit dual or multiple Citizenship on an International level.
III. All Citizens shall maintain the Right to vote upon passing a basic Citizenship test administered by their respective home State, and having maintained presence within Aenaeia or the territories governed thereof for at least 10 years.
IV. All Citizens must have at least a single State Citizenship to be considered for National Citizenship.
V. All persons born within the borders of Aenaeia or the territories governed thereof shall be considered eligible for National Citizenship status.
VI. Minors and juveniles who are eligible for Citizenship upon turning of legal adult age and who are not as yet Citizens of a State or the nation shall hold Pseudo-Citizenship status. Pseudo-Citizenship status shall be reserved only for minors and juveniles who have been born in the territories governed by the Aenaeian Federal Government, or for minors and juveniles whose parents hold National Citizenship status and who hold residence in the Aenaeian territories. All who hold Pseudo-Citizenship status shall be entitled to all of the Rights and Freedoms guaranteed by this Constitution.
VII. No person shall be allowed any full status of Federal Citizenship if they do not have a birth certificate. Exceptions to this by circumstance may be determined by the National Legislature in the same manner as immigration matters.
VIII. Citizenship by birth and by Naturalization may be revoked temporarily, or permanently after repeated offense, if a person born a Citizen serves in any foreign Civic Office or Armed Forces. If it is found by a Federal Court that there are special circumstances which merit re-instatement of Citizenship, it may so be done. Citizenship may be revoked from immigrants who sought Citizenship by Naturalization should it be found that any kind of fraudulence was utilized on the part of the offending party. Those who have had their Citizenship revoked temporarily may go through an accelerated Citizenship by Naturalization program, to be determined by the Federal Government.
IX. No person or group may gain Citizenship in any manner on behalf of another person or group.
X. When a person regains their respective Citizenship, they are to be determined to have held Citizenship from the date they initially held it onward, with respect to the time to be subtracted wherein the person in question was not a Citizen.
XI. Any person who has taken upon themselves a residence within any State shall automatically be a Citizen of that State, provided they are a National Citizen. Those seeking Citizenship by Naturalization may become Citizens of their respective State before becoming National Citizens if they meet the requirements outlined by that State. No State shall deny Citizenship to any person based on any grounds of discrimination as described within Section 0, Sub-Section III or Article I. No State shall deny any person residence within that State, unless it is found that that person is a fugitive or an illegal alien, in which case the State shall deal with them accordingly.
XII. Citizenship may be revoked regardless of whether or not the person under scrutiny for offenses as described within this Section would be stateless as a result.
SECTION II: Naturalization
I. All persons wishing to obtain any Citizenship status for Aenaeia, being of foreign conception or birth and meeting all of the requirements stated in Section III of this Article, shall be allowed stay within the territories governed by the nation, under no coercion from the Government on any level, but of the free will of the individual or group wishing to obtain Citizenship. The Government on no level shall mandate the place of stay within Aenaeian territory, neither shall it prohibit movement from place to place, nor shall it enforce mandatory movement from one place to another, accepting deportation, in which case the individuals in question will go through a State court procedure as if in a criminal trial. Upon being judged as guilty by a State judge on oath and affirmation, the individual shall be deported within 24 hours of the giving of the verdict.
II. No person shall be eligible for Citizenship with continued service in another nation’s Civic Office or Armed Forces, unless by defection to territory governed by Aenaiea.
III. No family shall be deported so as to be permanently separated, but only if the family in question has decided to allow the Government to continue with a deportation of a family member, neither by force or coercion, but by free will.
IV. Any individual seeking Citizenship by naturalization shall be required to maintain affirmed residence within the territories governed by the nation for 6 years, during which time they shall not hold the Rights specified as to not apply to those seeking full Citizenship, but shall maintain all other Rights and Freedoms defended herein.
V. Citizenship status may be revoked temporarily, or permanently after repeated offense, should those seeking Citizenship by Naturalization serve in any foreign Civic Office or Armed Forces, unless those seeking Citizenship are refugees or defectors of another nation. If it is found by a Federal Court that there are special circumstances which merit reinstatement of the ability to seek Citizenship by Naturalization, it may so be done.
VI. No special tax exemptions may be levied on those seeking Citizenship on the basis of their current Citizenship status.
VII. Those seeking Citizenship by Naturalization may not serve on any Jury, nor run for any Public Civic Office, nor vote in any matter higher than their respective Local or Municipal Governments, provided it is permitted in such Governments by the States thereof, and enshrined in Law of those Municipal Governments.
VIII. On the Municipal Levels of Government there shall be allowed certain qualifications less than those presented herein for Citizenship which shall allow a person seeking Naturalization to participate politically at the Municipal level. No State shall make such rules within or without the standards set forth herein.
SECTION III: Immigration
I. No person, family, or group shall be allowed to immigrate to the nation of Aenaeia unless they meet these basic standards, in addition to any other standards which may be deemed necessary by the National Legislature: Immigrants must be at least 15 years of age or with a parent, legal guardian in their home nation, family, or informal guardian by circumstance; Immigrants must not have committed a felony or other infamous crime that would break Aenaiean Federal law within their home nation; Additional requirements may be levied on immigration as the National Legislature shall see fit, and may be temporarily halted under circumstances wherein there is a threat to National Security.
II. No person, family, or group shall be denied a temporary stay within the Aenaeian territories if they are refugees from internal crises within their home nation or nations, are fleeing terrorism, or are attempting to escape oppression within their home country.
III. No person shall be denied a visa to enter the nation and the territories governed by the same, considering that they meet the basic requirements described in this Article, Section III, Sub-Section I, for any basis of discrimination as described within Article I, Section 0, Sub-Section III. They shall not be denied a visa if they apply to any of the following categories: Family-based immigration, spousal immigration, or adoption; employment, business, or economic purposes; and refugee or defection immigration;
IV. All foreign officials and members of foreign Armed Forces seeking to defect to the United Republics of Aenaiea may not be prohibited from doing so and are exempt from being required to enter Aenaeian territory at designated points of entry for immigration.
Manufacture, disclosure, regulation, and development of visas shall be maintained by the Federal Government.
V. The Federal Legislature shall retain the power to alter the specifications of naturalization required for full Citizenship, as well as the requirements not stated herein for Citizenship of any kind as may be most expedient for the nation.
VI. Illegal immigration may be met with immediate deportation by the appropriate authorities according to the established policies of the Executive Arm, without trial and with minimum inspection to ensure the requirements for lawful immigration have not been met. Offenders may be deported to any place outside of Aenaeian jurisdiction.
SECTION IV: Duties of Citizens
I. It shall be the Duty of every Citizen who is of the age prescribed by Federal Law to serve in the Federal Military of Northaea for at least one term of service on active duty, the time of service required to be determined by the Federal Military without hindrance from the National Legislature.
II. All Citizens shall in their own best interests take up that form of work which suits them without guidance, hindrance, regulation, or incentivization on the part of the Government on any level.
III. When in the time the Government has failed the people with oppression and abuses of power, it is the solemn and sole Duty of that people to protect themselves and each other from Government oppression, and to form a new Government, deriving its power from the consent of the governed.
IV. All Citizens shall abide by the Law given them by their own Governments. In cases as described within the previous Sub-Section, the only Law to be obeyed by the Citizenry shall be this Constitution in its original form.
V. All Citizens and those seeking Citizenship by Naturalization shall arm themselves more than sufficiently enough to repel invasion from without or within.
VI. All Citizens and non-Citizens shall respect the Rights and Freedoms of others, and shall not encroach on them.
VII. All Citizens as well as those seeking Citizenship by Naturalization have not only the Right, but the sacred duty, to exercise their respective Freedoms and the Rights associated thereof frequently, and to prevent the Government on any level from infringing upon those Rights.
Wherein it is not explicitly stated a provision concerning either the Government or the governed, it is the duty of the latter to ensure the Government follows such implicit provisions, and to ensure they shall be secured in the future by ensuring appropriate representation. No Government on any level of governance shall have the power to enforce this Sub-Section in any manner nor in any circumstance or set thereof.
VIII. It is the duty of all Citizens to preserve and protect this Constitution, and to ensure the Government does so as well, without infringement or special considerations given.
