Citizenship Status after Brexit

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As the political tycoons are busy creating history and making adamant statements about their politically correct positions on Brexit, there is an internal fear that is breeding inside the population. The most haunting question is about the state of Citizenship-

 What will be the aftermath of the Citizenship Status after Brexit?

 

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As Brexit will come into effect from the 29^th of March 2019 as Brexit Day, what will be the citizenship status of EU citizens who are residing in the UK, and the UK citizens who are residing in the EU?

So, Theresa May refers to an agreement between the EU and the UK, whereby 3.2 million citizens of the EU in the UK; along with citizens of Liechtenstein, Iceland, Switzerland and Norway will be allowed to live and work in the UK, as these citizens are protected under the UK law and the British courts. The same will be safeguarded for UK citizens who are in the EU. This liberty will also be for all those babies who are born after the 29^th of March 2019 and whose parents avail of this facility. However, all the legal residents EU population in the UK and the UK population in the EU will remain eligible to leave for 5 years before losing citizenship rights.

 

Application for New EU Citizenship

The new EU citizenship will be provided through an online application system. The fee for the same will remain at £72.

 

Status of EU Nationals

It is important to note here that in case there is no-Brexit deal, the status of EU nationals with the right to permanent residence, will remain intake. EU nationals who are working in different sectors of the UK will be able to continue with their jobs. At the current stage, people from the EU will get permission to move to their work within the UK in the "transition" period of the next 2 years. There will be the provision of a work permit as it prevails in the case of non-EU nationals. Moreover, innumerable nationwide debates are contradicting this provision. The reasons are contradictions related to the norms of restricted accessibility to political benefits, especially voting rights at the local level. The EU wants to political rights of the EU nationals’ intake, but the UK denies it.   

 

Dual Citizenship

The provision for ‘dual citizenship’ which refers to citizenship of both the UK and the EU, is yet to be decided. As for the population born in Northern Ireland, it is legitimate to get hold of both passports. This particular population with avail the benefits of being EU citizens, and with a British passport, they will reserve the right for holding UK citizenship.

 

For rest of the population, challenges still await.

 

Source: BBC