מוצא דרך סבא וסבתא (דור 2/3) - חוק מס' 7 משנת 2024
אזרחות בסנט לוסיה
- זכאות
- חוק האזרחות של סנט לוסיה (תיקון) מס' 7 משנת 2024 (אושר ב-27 ביוני 2024) מחק והחליף את סעיף 5 לחוק העיקרי (Cap. 1.04) והוכנס סעיף 5A חדש. סעיף 5 המחליף קובע מילה במילה: 'אדם שנולד מחוץ לסנט לוסיה לאחר תחילתו של חוק זה הופך לאזרח בתאריך לידתו אם, באותו תאריך, אביו, אמו, סבו או סבתו אזרח מלידה.' הסמכה 'אזרח מלידה' היא מגביל השרשרת; אבות קדמונים בשם עוצרים בדור הסבים והסבתות (דור 2/3 לצאצאי מעבר לים). s.5A הוא הליך הבקשה (טופס שנקבע; מגיש בקשה + תעודות לידה מתאימים-אב קדמונים; דרכון; ארבעה תצלומים מאושרים; תעודת אופי בתוך 6 חודשים; אפוסטיל + תרגום מוכר לאנגלית למסמכים בשפה זרה). חוק ללא CBI.
- לוח זמנים
- standard
- ויתור על אזרחות
- לא נדרש
מי זכאי
- The chain-limiter for grandparent descent is the 'citizen BY BIRTH' qualifier: under the 2024-substituted s.5 the linking ancestor (father, mother, grandfather or grandmother) must be a citizen by birth. A citizen-by-descent ancestor does not qualify the line. The named ancestors stop at the grandparent generation (no 'great-grandparent' wording appears), corresponding to the government's description of beneficiaries as 'second and third-generation Saint Lucian descendants'.
כיצד להגיש
- Application procedure for citizenship by descent (NEW s.5A, inserted by Act No. 7 of 2024): a person, or an attorney-at-law on behalf of a person, may apply for citizenship by descent in the prescribed form. The application must include the applicant's birth certificate; the birth certificate of the qualifying father, mother, grandfather or grandmother; the applicant's passport; certified passport photographs (number and format as prescribed by the application form; the Act text specifies only 'certified photographs'); and a Certificate of Character issued within the last six months. - Foreign-language supporting documents for a descent application (s.5A(3)) must be authenticated by an Apostille under the Apostille (Hague Convention) Act and accompanied by an English translation prepared by a translator recognised by the Department of Home Affairs.
לוח זמנים
Timeline: standard. Document burden: high. Required: none of residency/language/presence/renunciation.
בסיס משפטי
Primary statute: Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, substituted s.5 + new s.5A (Citizenship (Amendment) Act No. 7 of 2024). Operative 2024-06-27–present. Authority: Department of Home Affairs.
Exceptions & edge cases
- Father's national status at death: where a person is born after the death of his or her father, any reference (in Const Ch VII) to the national status of the father at the time of the person's birth is construed as a reference to the father's national status at the time of his death (Const s.104(3)). This preserves descent eligibility for posthumous children. - The principal Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act is officially cited as Cap. 1.04 (NOT Cap 3.01). This is confirmed by the Act No. 7 of 2024 long title ('AN ACT to amend the Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04') and the 2015 Revised Laws of Saint Lucia master index. The original Act is Act 7 of 1979 (in force 5 June 1979), amended by Act 20 of 1984 (in force 22 December 1984).
תרחישים לדוגמה
התרחישים לדוגמה מוצגים באנגלית.
Eligible via this route if the qualifying grandparent is a citizen by birth and the s.5A documentary requirements are met.
For a child born outside Saint Lucia after the Act No. 7 of 2024 commencement, the substituted s.5 confers citizenship at the date of birth where a father, mother, grandfather or grandmother is a citizen BY BIRTH (/013). The s.5A application procedure (/015) requires the prescribed form (lodged by the person or an attorney-at-law on their behalf); the applicant's birth certificate; the qualifying ancestor's birth certificate; the applicant's passport; four certified photographs; and a Certificate of Character issued within the last six months. Foreign-language documents need an Apostille (Hague Convention Act) plus an English translation by a Department-of-Home-Affairs-recognised translator. NON-CBI route conferring ordinary citizenship by descent.
NOT eligible via this route: the substituted s.5 named-ancestor list stops at the grandparent generation.
The 2024-substituted s.5 names only 'father, mother, grandfather or grandmother' — there is no 'great-grandparent' wording, corresponding to the government's description of beneficiaries as 'second and third-generation Saint Lucian descendants'. A person whose only Saint Lucian ancestor is a great-grandparent is therefore outside the named chain and does not qualify for grandparent descent. No look-through beyond the grandparent generation exists in the statute. As of the commencement of Act No. 7 of 2024 (assented 27 June 2024).
NOT eligible via this route: the linking grandparent must be a citizen BY BIRTH.
The chain-limiter in the substituted s.5 is the 'citizen by birth' qualifier: the linking father, mother, grandfather or grandmother must be a citizen by birth, and a citizen-by-descent ancestor does not qualify the line. A grandfather who is himself only a citizen by descent therefore cannot transmit grandparent descent. The applicant must identify a grandparent (or parent) who holds citizenship by birth. As of the commencement of Act No. 7 of 2024 (assented 27 June 2024).
סיכום אינפורמטיבי שנערך ממקורות משפטיים ראשוניים — אינו ייעוץ משפטי. חוקי אזרחות משתנים; אמתו מול הרשות המוסמכת לפני שתפעלו. אומת לאחרונה ב-2026-06-15.
עקבו אחר שינויים במסלול זה
כללי מוצא והתאזרחות משתנים. נשלח לכם אימייל בשפה פשוטה כשמשהו שמשפיע על Saint Lucia מתעדכן — ללא ספאם.