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NATIONALITY BILL
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FCO and Home Office officials should now consider amendments
to the Nationality Bill on the following lines which would be
compatible with UK concerns on immigration and Hong Kong's
concern about erosion of their existing position:
a) To give Dependent Territories' Citizens the right
to register as British Citizens after 5 years in the UK.
b) A provision giving the Home Secretary discretion 'in
the special circumstances of a particular case' to
treat persons who have rendered substantial service
under the Goverment of a
to the Crown a dependency as satisfying the
statutory requirements for naturalisation registration
or region
c) A provision to allow public service overseas to count
towards the residence requirement for naturalisation reg
after the person concerned has taken up residence in
the UK.
d) To allow easier access to British Citizenship for a
CBDT married to a British Citizen.