British Citizenship
Nov 5th 2006, 8:05 pm
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British Citizenship
To acquire a British citizenship, a US citizen has to have ILR 3 years
while married to a UKC. Does anyone know of anybody who has acquired
their British citizenship before 3 years?
while married to a UKC. Does anyone know of anybody who has acquired
their British citizenship before 3 years?
Nov 12th 2006, 11:13 am
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by diepz72
To acquire a British citizenship, a US citizen has to have ILR 3 years
while married to a UKC. Does anyone know of anybody who has acquired
their British citizenship before 3 years?
while married to a UKC. Does anyone know of anybody who has acquired
their British citizenship before 3 years?
Nov 12th 2006, 1:45 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by AlanR
Zola Budd......
Nov 12th 2006, 4:26 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Ray
Now thats having a good memory ..in 1984....
But didn't she get it on the basis of some long forgotten British (great?) grandfather or something?
Nov 12th 2006, 4:33 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Elvira
But didn't she get it on the basis of some long forgotten British (great?) grandfather or something?
Nov 12th 2006, 5:12 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Ray
That and the Daily Mail .............forcing the issue ..
That Daily Mail has a lot to answer for!!
Nov 12th 2006, 7:18 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by AlanR
Zola Budd......
Nov 12th 2006, 7:23 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by pianoplayer
At the risk of showing my ignorance, who is Zola Budd? Just curious.
Rene
Nov 12th 2006, 7:38 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by pianoplayer
At the risk of showing my ignorance, who is Zola Budd? Just curious.
As she was under 18 at the time her registration as a British citizen under section 3(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 was lawful, as there are no statutory requirements for registration under this section.
In other words the Home Secretary can register *any* child as a British citizen if he wishes. But there are policies that underly this discretion, and the British-born grandparent that Zola had would not normally have been enough to fall within established policy. Hence the controversy.
The Foreign Office in Britain recently released into the public domain most of the papers surrounding the Zola Budd citizenship question (under the Freedom of Information Act). This was done on 5th August 2005, so is about 75% the way down the page:
http://tinyurl.com/selwh
or: http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?...=1109171437562
Nov 12th 2006, 7:46 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by pianoplayer
At the risk of showing my ignorance, who is Zola Budd? Just curious.
Probably don't know who Mary Decker is either.
Living a few miles away from the scene of the collision, I'm curious if any has an opinion as who was at fault.
Nov 12th 2006, 9:03 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Folinskyinla
Hi:
Probably don't know who Mary Decker is either.
Living a few miles away from the scene of the collision, I'm curious if any has an opinion as who was at fault.
Probably don't know who Mary Decker is either.
Living a few miles away from the scene of the collision, I'm curious if any has an opinion as who was at fault.
Nov 12th 2006, 9:46 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Folinskyinla
Hi:
Probably don't know who Mary Decker is either.
Living a few miles away from the scene of the collision, I'm curious if any has an opinion as who was at fault.
Probably don't know who Mary Decker is either.
Living a few miles away from the scene of the collision, I'm curious if any has an opinion as who was at fault.
ZB, definitely!
Nov 12th 2006, 9:47 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Elvira
ZB, definitely!
bit of both I would say ...
Nov 12th 2006, 10:04 pm
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Re: British Citizenship
Originally Posted by Ray
Well was was just in it for the running and one for the fame ....
bit of both I would say ...
bit of both I would say ...
Whatever!
But MD was clearly tripped up by ZB...
