St. Helena status

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The St. Helenian status ( English St. Helenian status ) is the legal membership of a natural person to the British overseas territory St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha . It is comparable to a nationality . However, all persons with this status are British citizens under the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 .

The legal basis for the status is the Immigration Ordinance No. 8 from 2011.

Acquisition

St. Helenian status can be obtained in the following ways:

  1. by birth:
    1. Islanders or
    2. Residents who were born on or after October 18, 1999 in St. Helena and whose father or mother had the status at the time of birth
  2. by descent:
    1. People who were born on or after October 18, 1999 and whose father or mother had the status at the time of birth
      1. by birth or
      2. by descent and residing on the island or
      3. by descent, provided the mother or father had this status by birth
  3. by request:
  • provided that the person is of legal age and the authority approves the application, referring to Annex II
  1. by review:
  • provided that a person who believes he has the status applies for recognition

loss

The status is lost if

  1. the person does not live in St. Helena for 10 years after the status certificate has been issued, or
  2. the status was obtained through fraud.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE. St. Helena Government, Section 3, 2011.