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Administrative filing is the process of submitting a citizenship application through a government ministry or agency, rather than through a consulate or court. It is common for in-country CBD filings.
Examples include: the German Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) for Article 116 cases, the Polish Wojewoda (provincial governor) for citizenship confirmation, the Hungarian Office of Immigration, the Mexican SRE (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores), and the Canadian IRCC.
Administrative filing is typically slower than judicial filing but faster than consular filing in backlogged jurisdictions. It is the default path for most CBD regimes.
Related terms
Consular filing is the process of submitting a citizenship application through the country's consulate in the applicant's country of residence, rather than through a court or ministry in the country of origin.
Judicial filing is the process of submitting a citizenship application through a court in the country of origin, rather than through a consulate or ministry.
Citizenship by descent (CBD) is the legal right to acquire a country's citizenship through one's ancestors — typically a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent — without being born in that country, based on the principle of jus sanguinis.
Jus sanguinis (Latin for 'right of blood') is the principle that grants citizenship based on the citizenship of one's parents or ancestors, regardless of where one is born.
Jus soli (Latin for 'right of the soil') grants citizenship based on being born in the territory of the state, regardless of the parents' citizenship.
Dual citizenship (also called multiple citizenship) is the status of being a citizen of two or more countries simultaneously, with the rights and obligations of each.