Citizenship

Citizenship is another name for the word Nationality. Citizenship is defined as the relationship between a person and the country to which he/ she owes allegiance. This citizenship comes along with some rights, protection and privileges and also, it comes with some duties and responsibilities to its holder. In other words, Citizenship gives you a status of being free but with responsibilities.This citizenship can be regarded as a right to live, work and enjoy the other things of that particular country whose citizenship the person holds.

Getting citizenship of a country or state requires a procedure to follow and fulfil some of the conditions. Well, these conditions vary from state to state and country to country. In general, the citizenship of a country recognises you as a part of that country and allows you the use of civil, social and social rights. Also in a bit detail these rights could be the right to passport, right to live/ work etc.

Citizenship also has classifications like global citizenship,dual citizenship, honorary citizenship, spatial citizenship and many more.

What is Dual Citizenship?

What is dual citizenship? Dual citizenship (or binary nationality) are legal statuses that deal with a person being simultaneously regarded as both a national of multiple countries and a citizen of more than one country. In a conceptual sense, citizenship is a subject of internal politics, while nationality is concerned with international relations. The status of citizenship or nationality of that individual is not determined by an international convention. National laws define this, and they can differ and come into conflict.

Various countries tend to engage with different criteria for citizenship that are not meant to be compulsorily mutually exclusive, which leads to multiple citizenships. Multinationals often claim as many citizenships as they like, but according to the process and rules, each nation claims a certain individual as its citizen. In most cases, a person with multiple citizenships is subjected to the rights of citizenship in all of the countries where they hold citizenship (such as the passport right, the right that allows them to enter the country, the right to do the work, to buy and possess property,  etc.), but additionally, there may also be obligations engendered by that membership (such as a potential liability for serving the nation or becoming able to worldwide taxation). Dual citizenship is not permitted in some countries, or it may be restricted to certain situations (e.g. getting more than one nationality by birth). Naturalisation may be accomplished by requiring the naturalised citizen to claim all previous citizenship, withdrawing citizenship from anyone who obtains the other citizenship voluntarily, and in other ways.

Rejection of citizenship in some countries is allowed, while in others it is not. Dual citizenship is permitted by some countries, while in others it is permitted only by a small number of nations. Even if a country allows dual nationality, it may not recognize the other members of its nationals inside its own borders (for example, regarding entrance to the country, services from the nation, and voting). A country that allows dual citizenship may also not allow the consular access given by another country for its own nationals. The service in the armed forces, in the police forces, or working in certain public offices may be prohibited for dual citizens in certain countries.

What is Global Citzenship?

The whole concept of global citizenship means that one’s identity will go beyond geography and politics and that one’s responsibilities and rights stem from that citizenship in a larger class: “humanity”.

Such people do not deny or waive their membership or other identities, but they do give those identities as a second priority to their nationality in an international community.

A more extended reading of the concept leads to questioning the community of global society in the 21st century.

What is Global citizenship? This global citizenship could also be described as a cosmopolitan or even a world citizen but it also has more specialised meanings in different contexts. Various organisations promote global citizenship and one of those are WSA( World Service Authority). It could also be said as a global citizen is someone who’s apprehensive of and understands the wider world – and their place in it. They take an active part in their community and work with others to make our earth more peaceful, sustainable and fairer. They basically possess the power to change this world and implant the feeling of humanity, generosity and make this world a better place.

Conclusion

The status of citizenship refers to a person who is legally recognized as being a member of a sovereign state or nation. A person may have multiple citizenships, while someone who has no citizenship at all is described as stateless.