Five Dimensions of Implementation
Drawing on the scant literature on n
aturalisation procedures, indicators were designed and classified
under five dimensions of implementation, which cover all stages of the procedure, from efforts by
public authorities to inform applicants to the options for appeal a negative decision:
1.
Promo
tion: how do authorities help applicants to meet the legal requirements?
2.
Documentation: how do applicants to prove that they meet the legal requirements?
3.
Discretion: how much room do authorities have to interpret the legal requirements?
4.
Bureaucracy: how d
o authorities to come to a decision?
5.
Review: how strong is judicial oversight of the procedure?