I think registration is going to be required (or, more correctly, continued) in some EU countries, though not the UK, it seems. The registration, however, can't be required before 3 months residence, however (whatever the earlier practice was). This means, in the UK, after you have spent 5 years res...
You're talking about the implementation of EU Directive 2004/38/EC http://www.ecas.org/file_uploads/1008.pdf . The guidlines say sufficient resources ought to be at a level which ensures that the EU citizen does "not become a burden on the social services of the host Member State during their s...
Yes :) Where does the discretion for the Home Sec lie embodied for fast-track citizenship to leaders in their field (sports etc?). I suppose I am effectively asking how Zola would have been fast-tracked had she already been 18, and no longer a "minor". Will anyone try this route if they wa...
ppron747. Many thanks for a quick and succinct reply. I was just getting to the point in the documentation in which B4 Division of Lunar House referred to this "minor" angle! I note that Lunar House referred to the Secretary of State's discretion on "minors" as (Quote) "norm...
I was wondering on what specific basis Zola Budd, the South African runner, gained her British citizenship, and whether that avenue is still theoretically open. If you read the recently released papers on this matter http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front/TextOnly?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage...
I know of many Australians (and Canadians, Americans and so on) who remain in a country (eg Prague, Czech Rep) for years, based on the short term 90 day visafree period. What happens is they leave and re-enter the country every 90 days or so. The disadvantage of this is that you would never get offi...
Once you have contributed to the NI for 25% or more of your deemed working years (what's that, about 11 out of 44?), don't you get back a proportion of the eligible pension on hitting retirement? What if you contribute for less than 11 years - but during that time, you were contributing a high amoun...
:) That Westminster calls everyone in the UK British. Everyone in Ireland calls the Northern Ireland folks Irish. The people themselves within the UK call themselves whatever they like. And the people within Ireland definitely call themselves Irish. That UK is the country, and English, Welsh and Sco...
Thank you! You have been working hard on this! Much appreciated. :) Any news on EU citizens having to register or anything? Or does that aspect stay the same? So that, actually, EU citizens need do nothing to reside in the UK, and presumably, after 5 years, to prove their residency, they (not being ...
You aren't going through 2 or more Schengen transit points on your US->UK->Germany->Russia flight, and therefore, like you said, the issue of the Schengen visa does not arise. That's because, as JAJ mentioned, the UK->Germany flight is international (the UK NOT being a member of Schengen). Transitin...
As EU Directive 2004/38/EC scraps Residence Permits for EU citizens (by 30 April this year) http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/lvb/l33152.htm , procedures for EU citizens to get Permanent Residence in the UK will change. As discussed in the context of the recent big changes for non-EU citizens (ra...
That's interesting about the use of the royal prerogative here. As far as I understand it, biometric passports are also being "legislated" under Royal Prerogative (by way of Order in Council - here, not the sort made in accordance with an Act of Parlt). I'm assuming this won't open the can...
What will be the qualifying period for citizenship once you have the ILR (after the 5 years)? Is that being changed from 1 year? EU Directive 2004/38/EC will also dig in to all this, whereby EU citizens wishing to get ILR (permanent residency) in the UK will also have to reside 5 years first. So the...
Again, yes, from the Westminster angle, as defined in the legislation. But then all British subjects are, using that angle, British of sorts, even if originating from India or Malaysia. You can take that point of view, but I don't know how close to reality it would be outside the context of Westmins...
Shouldn't it be looked at from the other way round. Almost all in Northern Ireland are or are eligible to be Irish citizens. The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Great Britain refers to the larger of the 2 islands of the (British) Isles group off the North-West coast of...
The UK hasn't opted out of this one (even if it had had the chance). Yes, I wonder if the residence card will be also replicated in the passport, or whether it would be acceptable as a separate "entity"? It has been suggested that the "allowable" registration procedure in the Dir...
Which leads to the interesting point that do all people who have been deemed to have lost citizenship (at least in countries such as Australia and the UK, and possibly India(?)) through earlier decision by the local immig authorities - have the chance to continue their citizenship without interrupti...
Interestingly enough, even security-conscious Australia has occasionally slipped up on this. I would expect the infamously over-bureaucratised state of India would do so even more. One of Australia's leading architects of the Modernism movement, Harry Seidler, who has just died in Australia, left Au...
I imagine that angle will eventually be covered by EC Directive 2004/38/EC, which the UK and the rest of the EU had (or will have) to adopt by 30 April, 2006. That allows 5 years to permanent residency for EU citizens in another EU State, along with their non-EU family members (which has a fairly li...
ppron747. That's right. St Kitts changed status, deleted from its prior (what we would call now overseas territory) status, and introduced as a Commonwealth member. I can see your point about the need in practice to introduce an Act of Parliament to cover the awkward situation created on the removal...
Indeed, s37(2) and (3) of the BNA 1981 state:- (2) Her Majesty may by Order in Council amend Schedule 3 by the alteration of any entry, the removal of any entry, or the insertion of any additional entry. (3) Any Order in Council made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a...
But Malawi citizens will still retain all the rights of a "commonwealth citiyen", which includes possibilities of the ancestry visa, right of abode in certain cases, rights offered in the Visiting Forces Act 1952, Naval Discipline Act 1957 and other such legis enabling work in the armed fo...
