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תרחישים לדוגמה

התרחישים לדוגמה מוצגים באנגלית.

• Eligible via LC-SPC-01 if conditions of Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.7(2)(b); UN Treaty Collection (NON-PARTY 1954/1961) are met.

  Saint Lucia is a NON-PARTY (and non-signatory) to both the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (the 1966 'St. Lucia' 1961 entry is a lapsed pre-independence UK colonial extension, not an accession). Statelessness is unaddressed through domestic law and no status-determination process exists. The only domestic mitigation is discretionary ministerial registration of a MINOR under Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.7(2) — which may include an abandoned infant born in Saint Lucia or a stateless minor. No adult statelessness route.

• NOT eligible via LC-SPC-01: there is NO adult statelessness route; the only domestic mechanism is for minors (s.7(2)(b)), and Saint Lucia is a NON-PARTY to the 1954/1961 Conventions.

  Saint Lucia is a NON-PARTY (and non-signatory) to both the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (LC-ASSERT-111). Statelessness is unaddressed through domestic law and no status-determination process exists; stateless persons remain under general immigration controls. The only domestic statelessness-mitigation mechanism is the discretionary ministerial registration of a stateless MINOR under s.7(2)(b) (LC-ASSERT-024/112). A stateless ADULT therefore has no dedicated route and would have to qualify under an ordinary route (e.g. residence-based naturalisation/registration) if otherwise eligible. As of continuously NON-PARTY since independence; confirmed 2026.

• Potentially eligible via LC-SPC-01 / LC-CBN-01: discretionary ministerial registration of a stateless minor under s.7(2)(b).

  Saint Lucia's only domestic statelessness-mitigation route is the discretionary ministerial registration of a minor under s.7(2), which may include a stateless minor (s.7(2)(b)) (LC-ASSERT-024/112). It is discretionary and limited to minors, and exists despite Saint Lucia's NON-PARTY status to the 1954 and 1961 Conventions. There is no codified status-determination procedure or appeal right for statelessness. A guardian may seek the Minister's discretionary registration of the stateless minor; outcome is not guaranteed (NLR — discretionary). As of continuously since the Act in force (5 June 1979).