No, I&#x27;m making the &#x27;be sensible&#x27; argument. At some point someone&#x27;s roots don&#x27;t matter any more but they become citizens of the country they have lived their formative years in in all but name.<p>If your immigration system is so malfunctioning that someone could spend pretty much their whole formative period - and not through any fault of their own - in your country then yes, you have just effectively gained another citizen. That the paperwork is out-of-sync with the real life situation is a formality, it does not in any way change the world in a negative way to synchronize those two where the paperwork is updated to reflect the reality on the ground.