Citizenship

What citizenship means

Citizens are the Confederation's electorate. They vote in elections to the Lazian Chamber, may stand for office themselves, and may hold posts in the Council of Ministers and the wider civil service. Citizenship carries no obligation to live in a claimed territory, and it does not affect your existing nationality.

What it does carry is an expectation of participation. A micronation of this size has no bureaucracy to fall back on: its elections, its accounts, its law and its foreign policy are conducted by the people who turn up. Citizenship is an invitation to be one of them.

Who can apply

Anyone may apply. There is no requirement to have visited the Confederation, to speak Dutch, or to have any prior connection to Mahuset or to the Netherlands.

Applications are considered individually. What the Confederation looks for is a genuine intention to take part in its civic life, rather than a wish to collect a title or a document.

The four routes

Every application is made under one of four routes. Choose the one that best describes your situation; if more than one applies, choose whichever you would rather the Confederation considered.

Residence

For people who live in, or have a settled connection to, one of the Confederation's claimed territories.

Descent

For people with a Mahusetan parent. Citizenship by descent recognises a connection that already exists rather than creating a new one.

Naturalisation

The general route, and the one most applicants use. It is for people with no prior tie to Mahuset who wish to become part of it through their own participation.

Marriage or partnership

For the spouse or partner of a Mahusetan citizen.

How to apply

Applications are made online. You will be asked for your name, an email address, the route you are applying under, and anything you would like the Confederation to know about why you are applying.

The last of these is optional, but it is the part that is actually read. A few sentences about what draws you to Mahuset and how you would like to take part will tell the Confederation more than the rest of the form combined.

Start your application.

What happens next

Your application is acknowledged on screen once it has been submitted, and is then reviewed by the Ministry of Immigration and Alien Affairs, which administers citizenship on behalf of the Confederation. You will hear the outcome by email at the address you give.

If your application is refused, you are free to apply again later. Circumstances change, and so do the reasons people want to take part.

Who administers citizenship

The Ministry of Immigration and Alien Affairs is responsible for citizenship policy and for deciding applications. Immigration Enforcement is the agency within it. Questions of law arising from a decision fall to the Ministry of Justice.