SCHEDULES

C1SCHEDULE 1 Requirements for Naturalisation

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Sch. 1 modified (7.11.2002, partly retrospective) by Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c. 41), s. 11

Interpretation

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1

This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.

2

A person has qualifying temporary residence leave if—

a

the person has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and

b

the leave is granted for a purpose by reference to which a grant of probationary citizenship leave may be made.

3

A person has probationary citizenship leave if—

a

the person has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, and

b

the leave is of a description identified in rules under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1971 as “probationary citizenship leave”,

and the reference in sub-paragraph (2) to a grant of probationary citizenship leave is to be construed accordingly.

4

A person has permanent residence leave if the person has indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom.

5

A person has a qualifying CTA entitlement if the person—

a

is a citizen of the Republic of Ireland,

b

last arrived in the United Kingdom on a local journey (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971) from the Republic of Ireland, and

c

on that arrival, was a citizen of the Republic of Ireland and was entitled to enter without leave by virtue of section 1(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 (entry from the common travel area).

6

A person has a Commonwealth right of abode if the person has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971.

7

A person has a permanent EEA entitlement if the person is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom permanently by virtue of any provision made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

8

A person has a temporary EEA entitlement if the person does not have a permanent EEA entitlement but is entitled to reside in the United Kingdom by virtue of any provision made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.

9

A reference in this paragraph to having leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom is to be construed in accordance with the Immigration Act 1971.