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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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BY TELEGRAPH:

ATHENS BONN BRUSSELS COPENHAGEN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS

ROME

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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