Passports and Citizenship Amendment Act

Amendments to the Act passed by Lord Partiger in order to better suit the current political climate, and aid those within the Grand Alliance and beyond.

AUTHOR: Lord Karstan Stonehill, Viceroy of Eastholm

BE IT ENACTED by the King’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Temporal, Foreign and Spiritual, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

A. Amendment to the Passport Office
 * 1) The name of the Passport Office shall be changed to the Stormwind Board of Immigration.
 * 2) This board will be headed by a senior Secretary and two minor officials of the Ministry of Foreign affairs.
 * 3) All members of this board must be handpicked by the acting Lord High Chamberlain.
 * 4) The Lord High Chamberlain will hold the power to dismiss any member of this Board if they’ve found to be negligent or corrupt in their duties.

B. Amendment to Section 5 of the Passports and Citizenship Act
 * 1) A foreigner who wishes to apply for citizenship must be sponsored by a naturalized Stormwind citizen of good standing.
 * 2) The Foreigner and Sponsor must both pass criminal record and background checks conducted by the Ministry of the Interior and Lord High Constable.
 * 3) A Citizen may only sponsor a maximum of two foreign applicants at a time.
 * 4) The requirements of subsections 1, 2, and 3 of this section does not apply to active-duty members of the Armed Forces of any Grand Alliance nation.
 * 5) The Lord High Chamberlain will retain the prerogative power to waive the requirement of Subsection 1 of this Section.
 * 6) The Board of Immigration will be required to pose a test of no less than twenty questions about Stormwind history and culture, and a test of Common language proficiency, to any applicant for naturalisation. The applicant will be required to pass both.
 * 7) The benchmark for success in the historical and cultural test will be no less than 75%.
 * 8) The benchmark for success in the Common language proficiency test will be a demonstrable capacity to communicate competently.

C. Short title and commencement
 * 1) This act will be referred to as the “The Citizenship Act”
 * 2) These amendments and changes will come into effect immediately upon approval by the House.