Scottish Citizenship - who should get it?

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Given all the excitement over a possible Scottish Referendum, I have a question for those in favour of an independant Scotland (no, not who should get the oil... which logically should be whoever kept the navy):

Who should become citizens of the new Independant Scottish State?

Would it be:
1) Whoever was living in Scotland at the time of independance.
2) Those who had lived in Scotland for at least x years before independance.
3) Those either born in Scotland, or whose parents were born in Scotland.
4) Automatic for any citizen of the 'old' UK who decides, within a certain period post referendum/independance, to apply for it.
5) Gaelic speakers? (Ok - Joke!)
6) Something else?
 
I'd be tempted if we get x years of the Tory Party down here :D
 
Darat said:
The SNP's position seems to be "The automatic right of citizenship will be open by right to all those living in Scotland, all those born in Scotland, and all those with a parent born in Scotland" (From: http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/talking6.htm)
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And would you have to renounce UK/English citizenship to get it, or would dual nationality be permitted?

Hmmm, what would/should their immigration policy be? (Pass a test on Braveheart?)
 
Never understood the dual citizenship thing. Seems like playing for two football teams at the same time.
 
Scotland has now the moral, legal and the historical right to be independent!

Scotland has now the moral, legal and the historical right to be independent!

The citizenship will be given to everyone who sees himself as a free scot!


Kosovo, where the albanians killed and forced the serbs to move away from there, was recognised independent.


Scotland is the land of scots,and have always fought againgst the english to keep their independence. But they were conquered by english troops in the middle ages, and by money in 1707 to merge into UK... :(

Now they have the chance to once again win their FREEDOM(like Whilliam Wallace cried while beeing savagely tortured and before he was killed by the English...)

Watch Braveheart movie , and learn about William Wallace!
What he did tells a lot about the Scotish spirit!

You will understand!

Scotland would be fair to be independent, but it isn't...


Kosovo isn't right to be independent, but it is...


To free Scotland!

in Romanian:

SCOTIA libera!
 

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grayman said:
Never understood the dual citizenship thing. Seems like playing for two football teams at the same time.
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Hedging one's bets?


Free Romanian are you familiar with the elephant stuck in the Polish corridor by any chance?

By the way I know it is a minor point but the Scottish Parliament voted to merge with England to create the UK in 1707. This was achieved by securing some key votes with an element of bribery. Scotland was not conquered by arms but by money. The wars of Independence were won by Bruce back in the 14th century.
 
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Nogbad said:
Those who can slay, dress and properly present a fully grown haggis.
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Aye! And those clever enough to find the hidden lair of the haggis during hunting season.

Seriously though, of course anybody living in Scotland should be granted citizenship, that one seems like it should be a given. Plus those with a Scot parent. One might think it would also be extended to spouses of Scots as well.
 
DoubtingStephen said:
Aye! And those clever enough to find the hidden lair of the haggis during hunting season.

Seriously though, of course anybody living in Scotland should be granted citizenship, that one seems like it should be a given. Plus those with a Scot parent. One might think it would also be extended to spouses of Scots as well.
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Suppose someone English would have moved to Scotland, with their parents, at the age of three. They now just moved back to England at the age of 37 after the death of their parents.

(Mind you, would it matter? If they were still English, could they not just move back to Scotland if they so chose?)
 
Rasmus said:
Suppose someone English would have moved to Scotland, with their parents, at the age of three. They now just moved back to England at the age of 37 after the death of their parents.

(Mind you, would it matter? If they were still English, could they not just move back to Scotland if they so chose?)
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ETA: If "Scot parents" are a factor, then isn't there already a way to determine who is and isn't Scottish? How else could you tell if someone's parents were Scottish?

That would make it fairly simple, as you would have to include, of course, all those who already are Scottish. It would be relatively fair even to exclude whoever else you wanted - even if they already lived there.
 
Maybe folks who have lived in Scotland and wish to return should be eligible. It seems reasonable to me.

Even so, it's not like there will be armed guards stationed along Hadrian's Wall or any such silliness. (Yes, I know Hadrian's Wall is south of teh border these days).

I expect the border would remain wide open as it is now. Otherwise the A6 is going to have some mighty long backups of lorries.
 
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