אזרחות באימוץ (קטין)

תרחישים לדוגמה

התרחישים לדוגמה מוצגים באנגלית.

• Eligible via LC-ADP-01 if conditions of Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.7(1) are met.

  Where an adoption order is made in respect of a non-citizen minor and the adopter (or, in a joint adoption, either adopter) is a citizen, the minor becomes a citizen as from the date of the order (Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.7(1)). Automatic by operation of the adoption order — no separate citizenship application required. Distinct from the discretionary ministerial registration of vulnerable minors under s.7(2) (CBN-01). A step-child or adopted child under 21 of a person entitled to register is separately entitled to register (s.6(2)(d) / Const s.102(2)(d)).

• Eligible via LC-ADP-01: the minor becomes a citizen automatically as from the date of the adoption order (s.7(1)).

  Where an adoption order is made in respect of a minor who is not a citizen, and the adopter (or, in a joint adoption, either adopter) is a citizen of Saint Lucia, the minor becomes a citizen as from the date of the order (Cit Act s.7(1); LC-ASSERT-018). Acquisition is automatic by operation of the adoption order — no separate citizenship application is required. A foreign infant adopted by a Saint Lucian citizen couple therefore acquires citizenship on the order's date. As of continuously since the Act in force (5 June 1979).

• Eligible via LC-ADP-01: in a joint adoption it suffices that EITHER adopter is a citizen.

  The s.7(1) adoption rule applies where the adopter 'or in the case of a joint adoption either adopter' is a citizen (Cit Act s.7(1); LC-ASSERT-018). A joint adoption in which only one adopter is a Saint Lucian citizen therefore still confers citizenship on the adopted minor as from the date of the order — both adopters need not be citizens. As of continuously since the Act in force (5 June 1979).

• NOT eligible via LC-ADP-01: the automatic-acquisition rule is confined to a MINOR who is the subject of the adoption order.

  Section 7(1) confers citizenship automatically only where the adoption order is made 'in respect of a minor who is not a citizen' (LC-ASSERT-018). An adopted person who is no longer a minor falls outside s.7(1). A separate entitlement exists for a step-child or adopted child UNDER 21 of a person entitled to register, who may be registered (s.6(2)(d) / Const s.102(2)(d), LC-CBN-01 / LC-ASSERT-019) — but that too is age-bounded. An adult adoptee would need an independent route (e.g. residence-based registration/naturalisation). As of continuously since the Act in force (5 June 1979).