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are not CUKCS immediately before the new Act comes into foce
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should not present difficulties in this respect since the
restriction of acquisiton of citizenship by descent would be
genrally limited to the first generation born overseas and
other methods of acquiring citizenship,(e.g. by virtue of
marriage) would be generally more restrictive than at present.
However, for the transition of provisions - that is, those
affecting people who are CUKCS immediately before the new Act
came into force would generally give citizenship of the
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British Dependent Territories (and British Citizenship) for
the first and second generation born overseas.
We believe
that the Immigration Ordinances of a few dependencies would
need to be amended to provide for this, but some OAGS at least
anticipate
have indicated that they do not accept problems on this score.
The subject might not have been of great significance had the
? Наше Government adopted the two citizenship proposals of the 1977
Green Paper (since there would then in any event have been
many British Overseas Citizens from former dependencies who
would not have had the right of abode in the UK or an existing
dependency), But having agreed, in response to considerable
pressure mainly from the dependencies, to establish a separate
and permanent citizenshin category for the dependencies. it
would conflict with one of the basic purposes of the new
that legislation if one of the permanent citizenship categories did
not give its citizens the right of abode in the territory from
which he derived that status. We hope that if this does
present difficulties locally you will be able to persuade those
concerned of the importance of making this provision to cater
for the people concerned.
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