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OKay, I'll try to be more clear on that:
I have no pharkin' idea. I don't think anybody does.
The entire concept of "probationary citizenship" - in my personal and vehement opinion - is a load of rotting horse pucks.
You are a citizen or you are not. I hope the entire idea dies a hideous death, and that the dimwitted politicos pushing it suffer an even more hideous political death.
This has BNP fear-mongering written all over it. It is some attempt to "grant" citizenship without granting it while taking even more money from people who've already paid dearly.
If this idea had merit, they would just make 7 (or 9) years of residency mandatory before being allowed to apply for citizenship.
Which is why the government would be downright stupid to take this suggestion any further. If they want to make people wait longer for citizenship, just increase the waiting time for naturalisation.vinay shanthi wrote:i wonder what they would do in the following situation. loads of countries dont allow dual citizenship. if anyone from those countries takes any form of citizenship of other countries then they automatically renounce their original citizenship. this policy will surely result in many stateless persons if after this 'probationary citizenship' they later decide not to give full citizenship. where would they then send these stateless persons to. deportation wont be an option. for nationals of countries that dont allow dual citizenship, this might infact be a win win situation even if long drawn out as the minute they get 'probationary citizenship' they can inform the home country of this 'citizenship' and get the original citizenship revoked / annulled. so they would get defacto citizenship here as where would they deport these stateless persons later.
I'm concerned with what you guys understood with the green paper's requirements for proby citizenship because I have just been approved with a 5-yr work permit. After 5 years, do I just need to pass the Life in the UK test and meet the English language requirement then my visa status changes to proby citizenship? Is it another visa status in the first place? Or does my employer have to extend my work permit for a further no. of years until I'm eligible to apply for "real" citizenship?Christophe wrote:Not sure exactly what you mean, ...
As the others have noted, it's impossible to say for certain what will happen - even things that are said, or suggested, in the Green Paper might well not happen or be different in their final detail.purplepple wrote:I'm concerned with what you guys understood with the green paper's requirements for proby citizenship because I have just been approved with a 5-yr work permit. After 5 years, do I just need to pass the Life in the UK test and meet the English language requirement then my visa status changes to proby citizenship? Is it another visa status in the first place? Or does my employer have to extend my work permit for a further no. of years until I'm eligible to apply for "real" citizenship?
I think it already has been made a sticky here.global gypsy wrote:If you are concerned about the changes, please take action. Provide your feedback to HO at FEEDBACK
Admins - can we make the cited topic sticky please?
I think that's a very good question. As far as I know, no one has attempted to define what is meant by "community service" in this context.karupalli wrote:is working in temple comes under community service?