CITIZENSHIP

The film tells us about how important to have citizenship because it serves as our own
identity. Just like what happened in the film Victor Navorski cannot go forward or go
back to his country. The film tells us about a man from a made-up Eastern European
state, name Krakozhia, arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport, but after he
departed from his country, a revolutionary war broke out, and suddenly Viktor Navorski
became a man without a country with his passport invalidated. After that, he’s denied
entrance to the U.S. However, he also can’t be deported so he is told by the security
manager that he should remain in the international transit area of the airport until his
status can be fixed. Nobody could communicate with him efficiently, which caused
social isolation for him. But he could somehow manage to control and adjust to his
unique environment.

Citizenship is an expression of a person's public identity. It is the recognition of an

official position by a government and the ability of an individual to enjoy the rights and
privileges that come with that position. Citizenship is also the subjective attachment to a
country's public identity. Citizenship reveals how a country views itself and the value it
places on certain characteristics of its people. Decisions about admitting new citizens
and rejecting others who have applied for citizenship reveal a country's identity.
Citizenship is important because being recognized citizen of a country confers many
legal benefits or privileges, which may include, depending on the country, the right to
vote, to hold public office, to social security, to health services, to public education, to
permanent residency, to own land, or to work.

In the Philippines, the circumstances that citizenship may be acquired, lost, and re-
acquired like for example, former natural-born Filipino who has been naturalized in
another country who wishes to retain or re-acquire their Philippine citizenship may apply
for Retention/Re-acquisition of Philippine Citizenship pursuant to RA 9225. They can
acquired the Philippine citizenship, making them dual citizenship of both the Philippines
and the country where they were naturalized. Under RA 9225 Section 2. Declaration of
policy- it is hereby declared the policy of the state that all Philippine citizens who
become citizens of another country shall be deemed not to have lost their Philippine
citizenship under the conditions of this act.

I conclude that citizenship is the status of a person who is accepted by custom or law as
a legitimate member of a nation or a sovereign state. Multiple citizenships are possible,
and being stateless refers to not being a citizen of any state. And the citizens of a
country are given specific benefits and rights. Citizens are required to uphold their
nation's laws and protect it from outside threats in return.