Registro de ciudadanos de la Commonwealth (residencia de 7 años)

Escenarios de ejemplo

Los escenarios de ejemplo se muestran en inglés.

• Eligible via LC-NAT-02 if conditions of Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.6(2)(b); Constitution s.102(2)(b) are met.

  A Commonwealth citizen who has been ordinarily resident in Saint Lucia for 7 years prior to application is ENTITLED on application to be registered as a citizen (Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.6(2)(b); Constitution s.102(2)(b)). This is the rolling Commonwealth-citizen registration track (not the alien-naturalisation route), with ministerial discretion to aggregate discontinuous residence or accept for special reasons a shorter period (s.6(4)). Citizens of the Republic of Ireland are treated in like manner (s.2(6)). Not a separate reduced-years CBI/CARICOM track — it is the s.6(2)(b) Commonwealth limb.

• Eligible via LC-NAT-02: entitlement to registration under s.6(2)(b) / Const s.102(2)(b).

  A Commonwealth citizen who has been ordinarily resident in Saint Lucia for 7 years prior to the application is ENTITLED upon application to be registered as a citizen (Cit Act s.6(2)(b); Const s.102(2)(b); LC-ASSERT-056). This is the rolling Commonwealth-citizen registration track — distinct from alien naturalisation (no renunciation precondition). 'Commonwealth' is statutorily enumerated and includes co-member states (LC-ASSERT-076). The Minister may aggregate discontinuous residence or, for special reasons, accept a shorter period (s.6(4); LC-ASSERT-062). Note the s.6(6) discretionary-refusal grounds apply to subsection-(2) applications (LC-ASSERT-061). As of continuously since 22 February 1979.

• Eligible via LC-NAT-02: Irish citizens are treated in like manner to Commonwealth citizens (s.2(6)), so the registration track applies.

  Citizens of the Republic of Ireland who are not Commonwealth citizens are treated, for the purposes of the Citizenship Act, in like manner as Commonwealth citizens (s.2(6)), and an 'alien' expressly excludes a citizen of the Republic of Ireland (s.2(1); LC-ASSERT-077). An Irish national therefore accesses the Commonwealth-style 7-year-residence registration route (s.6(2)(b)) rather than the alien-naturalisation route (s.8). The 7-year ordinary-residence entitlement and the s.6(4) aggregation discretion apply. As of continuously since 5 June 1979.

• Potentially eligible via LC-NAT-02: the Minister may aggregate discontinuous residence under s.6(4).

  For the s.6(2)(b) Commonwealth 7-year track, the Minister may aggregate discontinuous periods of residence, or for special reasons accept a period shorter than 7 years (Cit Act s.6(4); LC-ASSERT-062). A Commonwealth resident whose residence totals 7 years but contains gaps may therefore still qualify through ministerial aggregation. The underlying entitlement remains the s.6(2)(b) ordinary-residence limb; the discretionary-refusal grounds in s.6(6) apply to the subsection-(2) application. As of continuously since the s.6 limbs (Act 20/1984).