Post by Michael Dervin OCS on Jan 30, 2008 16:45:08 GMT -4
TO ALL APPLICANTS FOR IMMIGRATION INTO OCIA
As of 00:01 on the 31st January 2008, the New Immigration Control Act will take effect, this means that the Ministry of Immigration will be handling all Applications as stated in the Act and that the procedure for the Application Approval will be changed.
Major changes include:
1. You must supply certain information in your application: (Name, e-mail etc...)
2. There will be no more "Instant Approval", instead there will be a 24 hour minimum time before you applicatioin can be approved
3. More power is given to the Ministry in order to ensure a apt and functioning immigration.
Please read the Bill before you apply and understand what is involved in the Bill.
The Immigration Control Bill
WHEREAS All Nations, need to have proper Immigration regulations
WHEREAS Ocia does not have Immigration Regulations set down in Law
WHEREAS it should set down these regulations for future immigrants to Ocia
WHEREAS this would benefit the Nation in all aspects of growth, Security and development
Be it therefore Enacted by the Assembly:
Section 1: All Persons seeking to immigrate into the Ocian Federation (Hereafter called the Applicant) must fill in an Immigration application form and submit this Application form to the Minister of Immigration. This Can be done via a Post on the Immigration Board on the Forum, Via e-mail or Private message on the forum. On this application form the applicant must state truthfully, honestly & with utmost good faith:
1. His/Her real name (as on his/her birth certificate)
2. A current and valid e-mail address
3. Other Micronational Citizenships
4. Any other information that the Minister of Immigration feels is relevant to the Immigration process
(b) The Applicant Must create an account on the Forum (www.ociagov.proboards75.com), using the details that s/he has provided or will provide in the Immigration application form. All details of this Account must match that of the immigration application form (e.g. E-mail Address, Name etc...)
(c) Any Applicant who submits his/her application form or creates an account using a Proxy or any other means of disusing his/her IP Address, known or yet to be invented, will immediately be denied citizenship in Ocia without recourse.
(d) Any detail(s) found to be false on the Immigration Application Form, will result in the Application for citizenship being immediately denied without recourse or if the applicant is already a citizen, his/her citizenship will be immediately revoked, however in this case an appeal may be lodged to the Courts of Ocia.
Section 2: Once the applicant has successfully filled out his/her Application form in accordance with Section 1 above and submitted it to the Minister of Immigration (Hereafter “The Minister“). The Minister will then announce Publicly in the Immigration Board of the Forum, that the application meets all legal requirements and that a period of 24 hours will be allowed for any citizen to object in writing to the Minister of Immigration as to why this Applicant should not be granted citizenship. The Minister must consider all petitions against the grant of citizenship.
(b) If the Minister is satisfied there is no cause to deny the applicant citizenship, having taken into consideration all petitions (if any) and that the applicant’s application meets all requirements of this Act, in addition to the Applicant not being involved in any illegal or unconstitutional activity against the State or there is no reasonable doubt that he should not approve this application, then he may grant the Applicant a “Grant of Citizenship” at anytime after the 24 hours from where he first publicly acknowledged the Application of the Applicant, but within Seven (7) Days of such announcement.
(c) If the Minister is not satisfied there is no cause to deny the applicant citizenship or that the Applicant’s Application does not meet the requirements of this Act or the applicant is involved in any illegal or unconstitutional activity against the State or there is reasonable doubt that he should not approve this application, the Minister Must Deny the Application for Citizenship of this Applicant, at anytime after the 24 hours from where he first publicly acknowledged the Application of the Applicant, but within Seven (7) Days of such announcement.
Section 3: If the Minister feels that he cannot make a clear decision on the approval or denial of an application, he may refer the matter to the National Assembly for consideration. The Assembly will then take in account all the facts of the case and application and vote on whether the Applicant should be granted citizenship or not. A 51% or More of the vote in Favour of the grant is needed for the Minister to instructed to give a “Grant of Citizenship” to the Applicant.
(b) If the Applicant has been denied citizenship with recourse, as is the case in Section 2 (c). S/He may appeal the decision of the Minister to the Assembly, in this case the assembly will vote as in Section 3 (a), as if the case was referred to the assembly by the Minister of Immigration.
(c) A 50% of More of the Vote if the Assembly against the Grant of Citizenship, shall result in the Applicant being denied citizenship, without recourse.
Section 4: All citizenship Grants may be appealed to the Courts of Ocia, within 2 weeks from the date the grant is given. The Petitioner to the Court must supply reasons why s/he believes that the Applicant should not of been granted citizenship in Ocia.
Section 5: No other body, Person or entity, save the Minister of Immigration or His Appointed Deputy in times of his absence and the General Assembly of Ocia has the power or right to grant citizenship to any person. The Courts of Ocia may at any time order that the Minister give a grant of citizenship to a Applicant, following due course.
Section 6: For reasons of security, the Ministry of Immigration is entitled to obtain IP Address and other information it deems necessary in the consideration of the Application for Citizenship. Failure to provide information to the Ministry of Request, is an criminal offence.
Section 7: All Applications must be treated equally and fairly without discrimination, if an applicant feels that his/her application was in some way discriminated against s/he may appeal to the Courts of Ocia, regardless of the recourse clause. The Burden of proof is on the Applicant. No appeal to the court’s decision may be made.
Section 8: A Period of Probation will follow after the applicant has been granted his/her citizenship, this will be a period of 3 weeks from when the Grant of Citizenship was issued. If, the applicant breaks any Law, is unsociable in the Ocian Community or is seen to be in anyway incompatible and unsuitable to Ocia, the Minister of Immigration, may issue a Petition to the Courts of Ocia, that the Applicant has failed to pass the probation period and that citizenship should be revoked. The Court must obey such an petition, but an appeal to such is allowed by the Applicant.
Section 9: Upon grant of citizenship, the Applicant will be assigned to a Area in Ocia in which to reside and placed upon the Register of Voters.
Section 10: This Act, repeals all Laws and Acts which deal with immigration and the sections mentioned in this act prior to its passing .
I thank you for your time and look forward to recieving your application form.
The Minister of Immigration [/i]
As of 00:01 on the 31st January 2008, the New Immigration Control Act will take effect, this means that the Ministry of Immigration will be handling all Applications as stated in the Act and that the procedure for the Application Approval will be changed.
Major changes include:
1. You must supply certain information in your application: (Name, e-mail etc...)
2. There will be no more "Instant Approval", instead there will be a 24 hour minimum time before you applicatioin can be approved
3. More power is given to the Ministry in order to ensure a apt and functioning immigration.
Please read the Bill before you apply and understand what is involved in the Bill.
The Immigration Control Bill
WHEREAS All Nations, need to have proper Immigration regulations
WHEREAS Ocia does not have Immigration Regulations set down in Law
WHEREAS it should set down these regulations for future immigrants to Ocia
WHEREAS this would benefit the Nation in all aspects of growth, Security and development
Be it therefore Enacted by the Assembly:
Section 1: All Persons seeking to immigrate into the Ocian Federation (Hereafter called the Applicant) must fill in an Immigration application form and submit this Application form to the Minister of Immigration. This Can be done via a Post on the Immigration Board on the Forum, Via e-mail or Private message on the forum. On this application form the applicant must state truthfully, honestly & with utmost good faith:
1. His/Her real name (as on his/her birth certificate)
2. A current and valid e-mail address
3. Other Micronational Citizenships
4. Any other information that the Minister of Immigration feels is relevant to the Immigration process
(b) The Applicant Must create an account on the Forum (www.ociagov.proboards75.com), using the details that s/he has provided or will provide in the Immigration application form. All details of this Account must match that of the immigration application form (e.g. E-mail Address, Name etc...)
(c) Any Applicant who submits his/her application form or creates an account using a Proxy or any other means of disusing his/her IP Address, known or yet to be invented, will immediately be denied citizenship in Ocia without recourse.
(d) Any detail(s) found to be false on the Immigration Application Form, will result in the Application for citizenship being immediately denied without recourse or if the applicant is already a citizen, his/her citizenship will be immediately revoked, however in this case an appeal may be lodged to the Courts of Ocia.
Section 2: Once the applicant has successfully filled out his/her Application form in accordance with Section 1 above and submitted it to the Minister of Immigration (Hereafter “The Minister“). The Minister will then announce Publicly in the Immigration Board of the Forum, that the application meets all legal requirements and that a period of 24 hours will be allowed for any citizen to object in writing to the Minister of Immigration as to why this Applicant should not be granted citizenship. The Minister must consider all petitions against the grant of citizenship.
(b) If the Minister is satisfied there is no cause to deny the applicant citizenship, having taken into consideration all petitions (if any) and that the applicant’s application meets all requirements of this Act, in addition to the Applicant not being involved in any illegal or unconstitutional activity against the State or there is no reasonable doubt that he should not approve this application, then he may grant the Applicant a “Grant of Citizenship” at anytime after the 24 hours from where he first publicly acknowledged the Application of the Applicant, but within Seven (7) Days of such announcement.
(c) If the Minister is not satisfied there is no cause to deny the applicant citizenship or that the Applicant’s Application does not meet the requirements of this Act or the applicant is involved in any illegal or unconstitutional activity against the State or there is reasonable doubt that he should not approve this application, the Minister Must Deny the Application for Citizenship of this Applicant, at anytime after the 24 hours from where he first publicly acknowledged the Application of the Applicant, but within Seven (7) Days of such announcement.
Section 3: If the Minister feels that he cannot make a clear decision on the approval or denial of an application, he may refer the matter to the National Assembly for consideration. The Assembly will then take in account all the facts of the case and application and vote on whether the Applicant should be granted citizenship or not. A 51% or More of the vote in Favour of the grant is needed for the Minister to instructed to give a “Grant of Citizenship” to the Applicant.
(b) If the Applicant has been denied citizenship with recourse, as is the case in Section 2 (c). S/He may appeal the decision of the Minister to the Assembly, in this case the assembly will vote as in Section 3 (a), as if the case was referred to the assembly by the Minister of Immigration.
(c) A 50% of More of the Vote if the Assembly against the Grant of Citizenship, shall result in the Applicant being denied citizenship, without recourse.
Section 4: All citizenship Grants may be appealed to the Courts of Ocia, within 2 weeks from the date the grant is given. The Petitioner to the Court must supply reasons why s/he believes that the Applicant should not of been granted citizenship in Ocia.
Section 5: No other body, Person or entity, save the Minister of Immigration or His Appointed Deputy in times of his absence and the General Assembly of Ocia has the power or right to grant citizenship to any person. The Courts of Ocia may at any time order that the Minister give a grant of citizenship to a Applicant, following due course.
Section 6: For reasons of security, the Ministry of Immigration is entitled to obtain IP Address and other information it deems necessary in the consideration of the Application for Citizenship. Failure to provide information to the Ministry of Request, is an criminal offence.
Section 7: All Applications must be treated equally and fairly without discrimination, if an applicant feels that his/her application was in some way discriminated against s/he may appeal to the Courts of Ocia, regardless of the recourse clause. The Burden of proof is on the Applicant. No appeal to the court’s decision may be made.
Section 8: A Period of Probation will follow after the applicant has been granted his/her citizenship, this will be a period of 3 weeks from when the Grant of Citizenship was issued. If, the applicant breaks any Law, is unsociable in the Ocian Community or is seen to be in anyway incompatible and unsuitable to Ocia, the Minister of Immigration, may issue a Petition to the Courts of Ocia, that the Applicant has failed to pass the probation period and that citizenship should be revoked. The Court must obey such an petition, but an appeal to such is allowed by the Applicant.
Section 9: Upon grant of citizenship, the Applicant will be assigned to a Area in Ocia in which to reside and placed upon the Register of Voters.
Section 10: This Act, repeals all Laws and Acts which deal with immigration and the sections mentioned in this act prior to its passing .
I thank you for your time and look forward to recieving your application form.
The Minister of Immigration [/i]