Регистрация брака с гражданином Сент-Люсии

A person married to a citizen (or formerly married to a person who at any time during the marriage was a citizen) is ENTITLED on application in the prescribed form to be registered as a citizen (Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.6(1)(a) female limb / s.6(2)(a) male limb; Constitution s.102(1)(a)/(2)(a)). The entitlement survives termination of the marriage. The Minister shall, if satisfied of entitlement, grant a certificate of registration (s.6(7)). Marriage registration sits within the omnibus s.6 registration framework (REG-01).

• Spouse-registration entitlement survives termination of the marriage: it suffices that the applicant 'has been married to a person who at any time during the period of [the] marriage was a citizen' — the statute does not require the marriage to be subsisting at the time of application (Citizenship Act s.6(1)(a)/(2)(a); Const s.102(1)(a)/(2)(a)). - Spouse registration under s.6(1)(a)/(2)(a) is framed as an ENTITLEMENT and is NOT made subject to the Minister's discretionary refusal grounds in s.6(6) — the s.6(6) refusal grounds (good character, English language, security, residence, criminal conviction, drug offence) apply by their terms only to applications 'under subsection (2)', i.e. the Commonwealth-7-year and step/adopted-child limbs in s.6(2), not to the subsection (1) entitlements. - Derivative spouse-of-eligible-person registration: a person married to (or formerly married to, during marriage) a person who is/was entitled to register under the Commonwealth-resident (s.6(1)(b)) or former-citizen/former-CUKC (s.6(1)(c)/(d)) limbs is themselves entitled to register (Citizenship Act s.6(1)(e) female limb; s.6(2)(c) male limb; Const s.102(1)(e)/(2)(c)).

• Ordinary registration fees (non-CBI), per Citizenship Regulations Schedule 2 (substituted by SI 116/2000, EC$/XCD): Certificate of Registration to a Minor EC$250; to an Adult other than under section 6 EC$500; to CARICOM Nationals under section 6 EC$2,000; to Commonwealth citizens under section 6 EC$3,000; to a Foreign National under section 6 EC$5,000 — each plus EC$50 non-refundable application fee and EC$25 stamp duty.

• On a spouse-registration (and any s.6) application, where the Minister is satisfied the applicant is entitled to be registered, the Minister SHALL grant a certificate of registration; the certificate, unless proved to have been obtained by fraud, false representation or concealment of a material fact, is conclusive evidence of citizenship on its date (s.6(7)). - Authority and channel for ordinary citizenship/registration/naturalisation applications: applications for a certificate of citizenship or naturalisation, or for registration as a citizen, are made to the Minister; where the applicant resides outside Saint Lucia, a s.6 application is submitted through a Saint Lucia diplomatic agent or consular officer, who may grant the certificate (Citizenship Regulations reg.10).

Timeline: standard. Document burden: medium. Required: none of residency/language/presence/renunciation.

Primary statute: Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, Cap. 1.04, s.6(1)(a)/(2)(a); Constitution s.102(1)(a)/(2)(a). Operative 1979-02-22–present. Authority: Department of Home Affairs; Minister.

• No general statutory dual-citizenship prohibition: the Citizenship Act imposes a renunciation requirement only as a precondition to ALIEN naturalisation under s.8(3); there is no provision requiring birth, descent, registration (spouse/Commonwealth/former-citizen) or CBI citizens to renounce or refrain from holding another citizenship. Renunciation under s.10 is voluntary. Saint Lucia therefore permits dual citizenship outside the s.8(3) naturalisation gate. - Statutory registration (Act s.6) is the secondary-legislation build-out authorised by Const s.103(a) (acquisition by persons not, or no longer, eligible under the constitutional chapter) and operates ALONGSIDE the self-executing constitutional registration entitlements in Const s.102; the two instruments are materially parallel (spouse, Commonwealth-7yr, former-citizen, minor limbs) but the Act adds the rolling s.6(2)(b) Commonwealth track and the discretionary refusal grounds (s.6(6)) and naturalisation (s.8).