Immigration Report
Month Ending: January 2020
Part One: This Month's Stats
Immigration cases carried forward from December 2019: 5
Number of new applications received in January 2020: 11 (Increase from last month = 175%)
- Of which, were rejected outright: 2 (1 for being identified as a spam bot and 1 for being determined as nuisance)
- of which, the applicant created a Wittenberg account: 6 (Increase from last month = 100%)
Number of accepted applicants that did not go on to create a Witt account: 3 (Increase from last month = 300%)
Number of active cases leading to a naturalization: 0 (Increase/Decrease = No change)
Number of active cases terminated per LEX.E.4: 3
Number of active immigration cases carrying forward to the next period: 8
(Increase from last month = 60%)
Part Two: Administrative tasks completed and policy decisions made by immigration authorities in the reporting period
a) Permanent Secretary for Immigration remains vacant: The Minister of the Interior has decided not to delegate the duties of immigration until all planned reforms are in place.
b) Status of immigration in relation to migration to 'New Wittenberg': Immigration services attempted to formally migrate to "NewWitt" during the month of January. However, the Chancery has yet to adopt the new forums and as such will only recognize posts made by prospective citizens on "OldWitt" as counting towards examination periods. As a result, immigration is in a transition phase where incoming prospectives are being asked to register on both forums.
c) Draft legislation was proposed to make a change to LEX.E.3. The change would broaden the number of offices that the Ministry can consult with on the management of new Wittenberg accounts. The Bill has been Clarked and will be voted on by the Ziu during February.
d) Draft legislation was proposed to make changes to LEX.E.4. The mandatory limit for a Lexifore (LEX.E.4) would be changed from 40 days to 60, a new limit of 30 days for when a prospective never makes a first post on Witt in the first place would be created, and the requirement for the SoS to notify following termination would be removed and made a duty of Interior instead. The Bill has been Clarked and will be voted on by the Ziu during February.
e) Draft legislation was proposed to change the numbering of LEX.E.11-14, thus closing a gap in the numbering left behind by a previous repeal. It was pointed out during debate that these changes have already been addressed and will be implemented when the new Organic Law takes effect.
f) Work has begun on "New Citizens Packets". At this time a very rough draft has been completed on the first of these packets, which is a guide on the immigration process. Very rough outlines for other packets has been scribbled down on topics of culture, civics and law.
g) A first draft of a new "Ministry Handbook on Immigration" has been written. This handbook will be passed onto future successors to immigration offices. It explains the various background processes of immigration and includes instructions on the usage of the new systems that have recently been put in place (the new immigration database, reports, etc)