United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 6712
British Nationality: Chagossians
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23 May 2022
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1 June 2022 · Answer
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1 June 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it is her policy that the new route for Chagossians to acquire British Nationality will be time-limited to five years from the commencement date of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
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23 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason it is her policy that the new route for Chagossians to acquire British Nationality will be time-limited to five years from the commencement date of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
Source: Commons
1 June 2022
Answer
All direct descendants of people who were citizens of the UK and Colonies by virtue of their birth in the British Indian Ocean Territory are already eligible to apply under the measure, and regardless of where those descendants were born.Our legislative p...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-23/6712
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1465002
- uk · wq-1465002 · source updated 1 June 2022