The Citizenship Office has been formally established and today launches its official website at citizenship.gov.vin, where guidance on applying for citizenship, the Register of Citizens and the ceremony schedule are published.
Citizenship of the Network
- Applying for Citizenship
The nine steps from application to entry in the Register, the documents required at each stage and the ceremony schedule to November 2026.
- Eligibility and Residence
The five routes to citizenship, the residence each requires, how residence is counted and what breaks it.
- Ceremonies
Six ceremonies between 19 September and 14 November 2026, the order of proceedings and the affirmation of citizenship.
- The Register of Citizens
What the Register records, how to obtain a certified extract, and how to apply for the correction of an entry.
- Statistics
The Office's first statistical release, covering the transition period, and the schedule of quarterly reporting.
- Frequently asked questions
Who may apply, how long a decision takes, what happens at a ceremony and how an entry is corrected.
Latest announcements
All news- Citizenship Office Publishes Ceremony Schedule to November 2026
Six citizenship ceremonies will be held between Saturday 19 September and Saturday 14 November 2026 at five sites of the Network, offering 540 places in all. Invitations are issued seven days before each ceremony.
- Register of Citizens Opens for Certified Extracts
The Register of Citizens is open from today. Citizens may request a certified extract of their own entry, and may apply to correct a particular that is wrongly recorded.
- Citizenship Office Publishes First Statistical Release
The Office's first statistical release records 8,740 citizens on the Register at establishment, 2,486 applications received during the transition period and 1,932 applications determined.
About the Office
The Citizenship Office of the Velocity Interoperability Network determines applications for citizenship of the Velocity Interoperability Network, maintains the Register of Citizens and holds the ceremonies at which new citizens make the affirmation.
It publishes the requirements for each route to citizenship, issues certificates of citizenship and certified extracts of the Register, and reports quarterly on the applications it receives and determines.
Milestones
6 September 2026
Office established
Responsibility for determining applications for citizenship, maintaining the Register of Citizens, holding ceremonies and issuing certificates passed from member organisations to the Office.
6 September 2026
citizenship.gov.vin launched
Guidance on eligibility and residence, the steps of the application process and the schedule of ceremonies published on the official website.
6 September 2026
Register opened and ceremony schedule published
The Register of Citizens opened for certified extracts with 8,740 entries, six ceremonies were scheduled to 14 November 2026, and the Office published its first statistical release.
Forthcoming
First quarterly report and the ceremony schedule for 2027
The Office's first full quarterly statistical release, covering the quarter ending 31 December 2026, and the schedule of ceremonies for the first half of 2027 will be announced in the Newsroom.