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  Commonwealth citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In addition, Commonwealth citizens who are not British citizens may not be engaged in certain sensitive occupations, e.g., in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in the intelligence services, and some positions within the armed forces.
Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the United Kingdom and Islands may be admitted for up to five years on this basis, and thereafter be granted indefinite leave to remain;
Commonwealth citizens, unlike other non-European Economic Area nationals, may not be required to register with the police while living in the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_citizen   (742 words)

  
 Constitution of the Commonwealth of Port Colice
The Commonwealth of Port Colice, a nation which declared its existence and sovereignty to seventeen recognized nation-states of the world and, by proxy, to all other nations on the 18th of August, 1996 C.E., is an independent sovereign state that derives its legitimacy and authority directly from its Citizens and Subjects.
Citizens and Subjects are requested and required to fully comply with and truthfully answer the questions of the Tribunal or its appointed Investigators in the active pursual of justice.
Citizens are requested and required to vote regularly on Laws and Resolutions, on candidates for the Office of the Prime Minister, and on impeachment proceedings.
student.kuleuven.ac.be /~m9922725/cpc/tour/const.htm   (4155 words)

  
 Commonwealth Party Main
The Commonwealth Party is a party that favors limited government, regional/local autonomy and opposes government oppressions such as: over taxation, prohibition drug policy, overregulation in business, government waste and mismanagement, the policies of the welfare state and the over use of government.
The Commonwealth Party though entertains the secession of any or all of the current 50 states should it come to a head -- that is all of America should secede from 'itself' and reconfigure into the Commonwealth.
RELIGION: Commonwealths defend the rights of citizens to practice their religion in accordance with the Constitution and resist the official establishment or prohibition of any religion in accordance with the Constitution.
home.att.net /~CommonwealthParty/main.htm   (3647 words)

  
 Government of Barbados - Barbados Constitution Chapter 2
Provided that the right to be registered a s a citizen of Barbados under this subsection shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
Provided that the right to be registered as a citizen of Barbados under this subsection shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
Every person who under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament is a citizen of Barbados or under any enactment for the time being in force in any country to which this section applies is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
www.barbados.gov.bb /bdsconst_chpt2.htm   (1117 words)

  
 Scotch-Irish / Ulster-Scots Forums > BRITISH NATIONALITY - THE IRISH DIMENSION
Citizens of the UK and Colonies, as well as citizens of all Commonwealth nations had the collective status of 'British subject' under the law in both the UK and other Commonwealth nations.
Even after immigration control was imposed in 1962, Commonwealth citizens legally in the UK retained the right to vote or hold public office, and most of these rights remain intact in the UK today, even though other Commonwealth nations like Canada and Australia have abolished recriprocal rights for Britons.
Commonwealth citizens were no longer to have the status of British subject, and citizenship of the UK and Colonies was split into three categories: British citizenship, British Dependent Territories citizenship and British Overseas citizenship.
www.scotchirish.net /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t426.html   (3293 words)

  
 Commonwealth Foundation : Citizen Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Commonwealth Foundation is solely responsible for selection of awardees.
Nominee must be a resident of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth Foundation honored nine members of the Somerset Area School District board of directors with the Liberty Award in recognition of the board’s "commitment to fiscal responsibility and educational excellence on behalf of taxpayers, parents and children."
www.commonwealthfoundation.org /citizen/index.cfm?section=liberty   (226 words)

  
 The Constitution of Kenya - Chapter 2 - The Executive
A woman who has been married to a citizen of Kenya shall be entitled, upon making application in such manner as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament, to be registered as a citizen of Kenya.
is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
in the case of a person who is a citizen of Kenya by virtue of section 87 (2), made and registered such decIaration of his intentions concerning residence as may be prescribed by or under an Act of Parliament.
kenya.rcbowen.com /constitution/chap6.html   (2489 words)

  
 British nationality law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the development of the modern Commonwealth of Nations in the 20th century, the single Imperial status of British subject was increasingly inadequate to deal with the realities of a Commonwealth with independent member states.
In 1948, the Commonwealth Heads of Government agreed that each member would adopt a national citizenship, but that the existing status of British subject would continue to be a common status held by all Commonwealth citizens.
The requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen depend on whether one is married to a British citizen or not.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Becoming_a_UK_citizen   (5131 words)

  
 Chapter 4
Provided that the right to be registered as a citizen under this paragraph shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
A person born outside Guyana after the commencement of this Constitution shall become a citizen of Guyana at the date of his birth if at that date his father or his mother is a citizen of Guyana otherwise than by virtue of this article.
Provided that the right to be registered as a citizen of Guyana under this article shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
www.sdnp.org.gy /parliament/constitution/Chapter4.html   (752 words)

  
 Foundation Strengthens the Commonwealth
At the outset, in 1965, the Foundation’s mandate was to “……..administer a fund for increasing interchanges between Commonwealth organisations in professional fields throughout the Commonwealth”.
Civil society: To strengthen the ability of citizens and civil society organisations to work together, and with government and the private sector, towards the achievement of fundamental Commonwealth purposes and values, and especially those relating to good governance, people-centred and sustainable development and poverty eradication.
The People’s Commonwealth: To facilitate pan-Commonwealth and inter-country connections between people, their associations and communities at all levels so as to encourage and enable mutual learning in the fields of personal, professional and community development, and arts and culture; and to recognise and celebrate excellence and achievement in these fields.
www.ipsnews.net /focus/tv_abuja/02122003/page_2.asp   (1797 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (UKC) naturalized or registered in St. Lucia.
REGISTRATION: A foreigner married to a citizen of St. Lucia, either living or deceased, is eligible to request citizenship by registration, subject to the approval of the government.
Citizen is convicted of treason against the government.
www.multiplecitizenship.com /wscl/ws_ST_LUCIA.html   (378 words)

  
 Citizen buys Commonwealth for $1.16 billion - U.S. Business - MSNBC.com
Citizens, which offers telephone, Internet and cable services under the Frontier brand name in 23 states, said it will save $30 million through operational efficiencies and the elimination of corporate overhead.
Citizens plans to finance the cash portion of the acquisition with a combination of cash and debt.
Commonwealth had revenues of $70 million on sales of $334 million in 2005.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/14891461   (606 words)

  
 Citizenship and the Vote
Those person had to be a citizen of a Commwealth country, or be born in a colony of the British Empire.
To be registered to vote, the citizen had to be “domiciled” in Guyana or resident in Guyana for at least one year before the qualifying date.
The citizen had to be domiciled, that is regard Guyana as his or her permanent home, or be resident for at least one year before the qualifying date.
www.saxakali.com /eusi/citizenship.htm   (1002 words)

  
 Citizen Works - Press Room
Citizen Works today echoed Rep. Henry Waxman's (D-Calif.) concerns (expressed in a letter to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld) that Halliburton, one of the leading contractors in the war on terrorism, has itself conducted business with countries that sponsor terrorism.
Citizen Works today criticized state and federal regulators for letting big Wall Street banks off the hook with a miniscule and potentially tax-deductible assessment with, astonishingly enough, no required admission of wrongdoing.
Citizen advocates converged today in Washington, DC to call on President Bush and Congress to end the outburst of wartime opportunism since the September 11th tragedy.
www.citizenworks.org /admin/press/toppages-pressroom.php   (1355 words)

  
 Commonwealth Celebrates Declaration Day  Thursday, 28 Nivôse 185 21:34 LMT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
CH'TAALA, L'NHRAEI (LNN) – The traditional fireworks and parades were held in ch'Taala and other cities on L'nhraei and across the Commonwealth celebrating the 711-year-old document that provided much of the foundation for the liberties of every Commonwealth citizen.
Yet the Commonwealth we know now, the one I want to live in and the one I want future generations to inherit, will not see two centuries if we allow it.
It is the responsibility of the government to defend the rights of citizens against each other.
members.aol.com /AmbNatashaStuart/0728185a.html   (824 words)

  
 trinicenter.com - Trinidad and Tobago CONSTITUTION
Any person aggrieved by any determination of the High Court under this section may appeal therefrom to the Court of Appeal and shall be entitled as of right to a stay of execution of the order and may in the discretion of the Court be granted bail.
Any person who became a citizen by bith under section 12(1) or citizen by descent under section 12(2) of the former Constitution and who has not ceased to be a citizen under that Constitution, shall continue to be a citizen under this Constitution.
Every person who under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament is a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or, under any law for the time being in force in any country to which this section applies, is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
www.trinicenter.com /CONSTITUTION/continue2.htm   (1461 words)

  
 Banking on Poverty
Benjamin and Freedman report on alternative tourism, citizen exchanges, consumer action, human rights, fair trade and the cooperative movement, activities which they point to as a modern-day incarnation of the international spirit which sparked efforts like the solidarity brigades of U.S. citizens who fought in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
The organizations portrayed in Commonwealth are established by groups of people within communities in accord with their needs and beliefs.
Thus a generation of new, progressive citizen organizations developed with an arsenal of effective techniques and methods for day-to-day grass-roots mobilization, yet with goals devoid of larger vision and purpose.
multinationalmonitor.org /hyper/issues/1990/04/reviews.html   (1451 words)

  
 Citizens
The birth of such children may be reported by the parents or guardians on Form S to the Pakistan Mission abroad within a period of six months.
Application for registration as a citizen of Pakistan by a British subject (or a Commonwealth Citizen).....................
Application for registration of the birth of a child of a citizen of Pakistan born in a country outside Pakistan..............
www.pak.gov.pk /citizens.aspx   (1178 words)

  
 Virginia DEQ - Citizen Monitoring - Citizens for Water Quality
Virginia's Citizens for Water Quality is a statewide consortium of organizations whose primary concern is to promote better water management strategies.
Act as the stewards and keepers of the rivers, creeks, lakes and streams of the Commonwealth as well as the headwaters of Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle Sound, Atlantic Coastal Bays and the Mississippi River.
Support the Commonwealth's Citizen Volunteer Monitoring Coordinator as the primary contact for and liaison between resource protection agencies and local river and watershed coordinators.
www.deq.state.va.us /cmonitor/declar.html   (518 words)

  
 Death of Britain watch (but I also believe in rebirth)
He does not have to be a British citizen, he does not have to be in the process of becoming a British citizen.
He simply needs to be a citizen of any Commonweatlh country or of the Republic or Ireland who happens to be residing in Britain at the moment.
I asked him if Commonwealth citizens could also vote for the British parliament, and he found a BBC web page with following information.
www.amnation.com /vfr/archives/004866.html   (221 words)

  
 IRELAND ACT 1949 : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The main provisions of the Ireland Act was the acceptance that the creation of a Republic of Ireland had meant that that state had left the Commonwealth of Nations, but that "...the Republic of Ireland is not a foreign country..." in British law.
Post-World War II reconstruction in Britain relied on Irish, and other Commonwealth citizens, contributing to the economic reconstruction and placing any barriers to immigration at this time was not a business or political option.
Section 5 of the Ireland Act provided for acquisition of UK citizenship upon some British subjects who had left what became the Republic of Ireland before it ceased to be part of the United Kingdom.
www.bibleocean.com /OmniDefinition/Ireland_Act_1949   (499 words)

  
 Citizenship
a) neither of his parents is a citizen of Saint Lucia and his father possesses such immunity from suit and legal process as is accorded to the envoy of a foreign sovereign power accredited to Saint Lucia; or
b) his father is a citizen of a country with which Saint Lucia is at war and the birth occurs in a place then under occupation by that country.
A person born outside Saint Lucia after the commencement of this Constitution shall become a citizen at the date of his birth if, at that date, his father or mother is a citizen otherwise than by virtue of this section or section 99(3) of this Constitution.
www.stlucia.gov.lc /saint_lucia/saintluciaconstitution/citizenship.htm   (798 words)

  
 Chapter III, Chapter IV and Chapter V
A person born outside Mauritius after 11 March 1968 shall become a citizen of Mauritius at the date of his birth if at that date either of his parents is a citizen of Mauritius otherwise than by virtue of this section or section 20 (3).
Provided that the right to be registered as a citizen of Mauritius under this section shall be subject to such exceptions or qualifications as may be prescribed in the interests of national security or public policy.
(1) Every person who under this Constitution or any other law is a citizen of Mauritius or under any enactment for the time being in force in any country to which this section applies is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
www.intnet.mu /iels/constitution_ch3_mau.htm   (6312 words)

  
 Commonwealth Conservative » Citizen reporting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Our friend Kilo will be in Gate City tomorrow, and he plans to do some citizen reporting of the Jim Webb for Senate event.
This is the type of thing that the Virginia blogosphere should be able to do well — cover local events.
I encourage every blogger, from both sides of the aisle, to engage in a little citizen reporting occasionally, especially at under-covered political events and rallies.
vaconservative.com /archives/2006/04/24/citizen-reporting   (245 words)

  
 Chapter II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Provided that a person who has not attained the age of twenty­one years (other than a woman who is or has been married) may not make an application under this subsection himself but an application may be made on his behalf by his parent or guardian.
(1) A person born outside Jamaica after the fifth day of August 1962 shall become a citizen of Jamaica at the date of his birth if at that date his father is a citizen of Jamaica otherwise than by virtue of this section or subsection (2) of section 3 of this Constitution.
(1) Every person who under this Constitution or any Act of Parliament is a citizen of Jamaica or under any enactment for the time being in force in any country to which this section applies is a citizen of that country shall, by virtue of that citizenship, have the status of a Commonwealth citizen.
www.ziplaw.com /constitu/chap_2.htm   (1123 words)

  
 Citizen Works - Press Release
In the opinion of some, their increasing influence is causing immeasurable and, in many cases, irreversible damage to our economic and environmental health and well-being.
Drutman will address what ordinary citizens can do to curtail corporate power, presenting recommendations from the members of the Citizen Works Commission on Corporate Reform, whose members include consumer activist Ralph Nader.
is a lively book that will appeal both to deeply-committed long-time activists looking for a coherent approach in the struggle for corporate accountability as well as thoughtful citizens everywhere who may be looking for immediate measures that serve as effective means of corporate reform.
www.citizenworks.org /admin/press/commonwealth-address.php   (265 words)

  
 Possibility of UK citizenship? | Ask MetaFilter
She meets grandfather during WWII (who is a Canadian citizen) and moves to Canada to raise a family.
It seems that this may be the case for Commonwealth citizens.
See also UK embassy in Canada info here: "A commonwealth citizen with an UK born grandparent may be eligible to apply for a visa allowing entry to the UK for purposes of work."
ask.metafilter.com /mefi/23202   (917 words)

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