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ALTHOUGH THE SECRETARY OF STATE WILL HAVE DISCRETION TO EXTEND
THAT PERIOD TO SIX YEARS IN THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF ANY
PARTICULAR CASE. THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION ARE THAT ONE
OF THE PARENTS WAS A BRITISH CITIZEN BY DESCENT AT THE TIME OF
THE BIRTH AND THAT THAT PARENT WAS BORN TO A BRITISH CITIZEN
OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT OR A PERSON WHO BECAME A BRITISH
CITIZEN OTHERWISE THAN BY DESCENT AT COMMENCEMENT OR WOULD, BUT
FOR HIS OR HER DEATH, HAVE DONE SO. AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT
IS THAT THE PARENT WHO IS A CITIZEN BY DESCENT MUST ALSO HAVE
RESIDED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT ANY TIME BEFORE THE BIRTH OF
THE CHILD FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS, SUBJECT TO ABSENCES DURING
THAT PERIOD OF NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY DAYS. A
CHILD WHO IS BORN STATELESS TO A PARENT WHO MEETS THE ABOVE
REQUIREMENT WILL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION WHETHER OR NOT THAT
PARENT MEETS THE RESIDENCE QUALIFICATION.
A CORRESPONDING GOVERNMENT AMENDMENT HAS BEEN MADE TO
CITIZENSHIP OF THE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
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ATHENS BONN BRUSSELS COPENHAGEN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS
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DUBLIN
JOHANNESBURG(CG)
ISLAMABAD OTTAWA
CANBERRA NEW DELHI DACCA
KUALA LUMPUR SINGAPORE LAGOS
DAR ES SALAAM NAIROBI
SALISBURY LUSAKA LILONGWE BRIDGETOWN HONG KONG GIBRALTAR
(PERSONAL)
PORT STANLEY
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