The Canadian Citizenship Act of 1947 provided for a distinct Canadian Citizenship, automatically conferred upon most individuals born in Canada, with some exceptions, and defined the conditions under which one could become a naturalized citizen.

Its Citizenship Clause provides a broad definition of citizenship that overruled the Supreme Court's ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford ( 1857 ) that had held that black people could not be citizens of the United States.

Citizenship at Athens brought eligibility for numerous state payments such as jury and assembly pay, which could be significant to working people.

Originally started in 1954 by Esau Jenkins and Septima Clark on the Sea Islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, the Citizenship Schools focused on teaching adults to read so they could pass the voter-registration literacy tests, fill out driver's license exams, use mail-order forms, and open checking accounts.

Telegdi was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Citizenship of Immigration on July 16, 1998, but resigned the position on May 18, 2000, claiming that he could not support certain provisions in the government's proposed Citizenship Act.

In response to public reaction against illegal immigration and fears that U. S .- born children of illegal immigrants could serve as links to permit legal residency and eventual citizenship for family members who would otherwise be ineligible to remain in the country, bills have been introduced from time to time in Congress which have challenged the conventional interpretation of the Citizenship Clause and have sought ( thus far unsuccessfully ) to actively and explicitly deny citizenship at birth to U. S .- born children of foreign visitors or illegal aliens.

His appeal against revoking his citizenship was denied, although in 1958 Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Ellen Fairclough amended the Citizenship Act with the Fred Rose amendment so that such a removal of Canadian citizenship could never happen again.

In 1999, Volpe argued that the government's proposed Citizenship Act was too restrictive and arbitrary, saying that it could result in reduced immigration to Canada.

Once accomplished, they passed the 1981 Citizenship Bill, stating that only people who could prove descent from someone resident in Congo in 1885 would qualify for citizenship.

Amar suggested that an alternative could be that converts, upon arriving in Israel, went through a naturalization process via the Citizenship Law.

Citizenship could also be obtained by:

* From 17 July 1956 to 31 December 1986, the wife ( but not the husband ) of an Irish citizen ( other than by naturalisation ) could apply for post-nuptial Citizenship.

* Between 1 July 1986 and 29 November 2005, the spouse of an Irish citizen ( other than by naturalisation, honorary citizenship or a previous marriage ) could obtain post-nuptial Citizenship after 3 years of subsisting marriage, provided the Irish spouse had held that status for at least 3 years.

Such was the increase in volume of applications for registration from third, fourth and further generation Irish emigrants, the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1994 was enacted to deal with those individuals who applied for registration within the six-month period but who could not be registered in time.

They could register to become British Citizens under the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 to " remedy the limbo status of probably the last remaining group of solely British nationals who have no other nationality or citizenship, who have not recently and deliberately given up another nationality or citizenship ".

Citizenship can also be obtained by marrying a citizen, which is termed jure matrimonii.

Citizenship can be seen as a special elite status, and it can also be seen as a democratizing force and something that everybody has ; the concept can include both senses.

Citizenship of the Union shall be additional to and not replace national citizenship.

( 11 ) Citizenship was granted to them both and it was ordered that five hundred iugera of land be granted to each of them too: for Sosis in the Land of Syracuse which had belonged either to the king or enemies of the Roman People, plus such a house in Syracuse that he desired belonging to anyone who had been punished according to the laws of war, ( 12 ): for Moericus and the Spaniards who had gone over with him, a city and land in Sicily belonging to those who had defected from the Roman People.

" Still, though all Canadian nationals were as equally British subjects as their British counterparts prior to the implementation of the Canadian Citizenship Act in 1947, the idea of Canadian-born persons being appointed governor general was raised as early as 1919, when, at the Paris Peace Conference, Canadian prime minister Robert Borden consulted with Prime Minister of South Africa Louis Botha and the two agreed that the viceregal appointees should be long-term residents of their respective dominions.

" Article 15 of the Law on Bulgarian Citizenship provides that an individual " of Bulgarian origin " ( ethnicity ) may be naturalized without any waiting period and without having to show a source of income, knowledge of the Bulgarian language, or renunciation of his former citizenship.

Citizenship on preferential terms may be obtained after one year's residence for grandchildren of original Spanish citizens, as well as any person who can claim Sephardic Jewish ancestry.

Choice of a former-citizen scheme, such as the Philippines ' Republic Act 9225 (" Citizenship Retention and Re-Acquisition Act of 2003 "), rather than a right of return such as those listed below, may be more closely associated with the historic circumstances of a people's dispersion and of nation-state formation, respectively, than with principled choices between them.

Citizenship act of the Republic of Belarus ( 2002 ) states that permanent residence term requirements may be waived for ethnic Belarusians and descendants of ethnic Belarusians born abroad.

The first section of that chapter is entitled " Acquisition of Bulgarian Citizenship by Origin ", and provides at article 9 that " ny person ... whose descent from a Bulgarian citizen has been established by way of a court ruling shall be a Bulgarian citizen by origin.

The Citizenship ( Amendment ) Act 2003 and Citizenship ( Amendment ) Ordinance 2005 make provision for an even newer form of Indian nationality, the holders of which are to be known as Overseas Citizens of India ( OCI ).

Citizenship will then be awarded according to regular rules.

“ Citizenship in and through the social sector is not a panacea for the ills of post-capitalist society and post-capitalist polity, but it may be a prerequisite for tackling these ills ,” Drucker wrote.

In collaboration with Roy Miki, she organized " TransCanada: Literature, Institutions, Citizenship " ( Vancouver, June 2005 ), a conference intended to spearhead a critical look at the institutional structures that inform the making and study of CanLit, as well as collaborative projects to be sponsored by the TransCanada Institute.

" The title is also included in the Oath of Allegiance, which forms a part of the Oath of Citizenship, and can be found as ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA CANADA Latin for Elizabeth II, by the Grace of God, Queen of Canada on the obverse of various medals in the Canadian honours system.

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In New Zealand, the status of British subject ceased to be defined by New Zealand law when the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 was replaced by the Citizenship Act 1977, which came into force on 1 January 1978.

The Object of the Sigma Phi Delta Fraternity shall be to promote the advancement of the Engineering Profession ; to foster the advancement of Engineering Education ; to instill a greater spirit of cooperation among Engineering students and organizations ; to inculcate in its members the highest ideals of Virtuous manhood, good Citizenship, obedience to Law, and Brotherhood ; and to encourage excellence in Scholarship.

* January 30-An envelope mailed to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Elinor Caplan containing a mysterious blue powder caused the Immigration Canada building to be sealed off.

Citizenship granted in this fashion is referred to by the Latin phrase jus sanguinis meaning " right of blood " and means that citizenship is granted based on ancestry or ethnicity, and is related to the concept of a nation state common in Europe.

Citizenship granted in this fashion is referred to by the Latin phrase jus soli meaning " right of soil ".

His goal was to have Indians acting as individuals ( not as tribes ) and to assume the responsibilities of citizenship granted with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.

Citizenship by birth in the United States, however, was not initially granted to Asians until 1898, when the Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment did apply to Asians born in the United States in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.

) Citizenship was not granted to all American Indians until 1924.

US Citizenship was now granted unconditionally upon receipt of land allotment ( did not need to move off the reservation to receive citizenship ).

Citizenship was very rarely granted to metics.

During the 1920s she devoted a great amount of effort to promoting a pan-Indian movement that would unite all of America's tribes in the cause of lobbying for citizenship rights and in 1924 saw the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act which granted citizenship rights to many though not all indigenous peoples.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services " H-1B Benefit Fraud & Compliance Assessment " of September 2008 concluded 21 % of H-1B visas granted originate from fraudulent applications or applications with technical violations.

The Citizenship Act of 1955 granted the government of India the authority to define citizenship in the Indian union.

As Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Andrews attracted controversy after he revoked on character grounds the visa of Dr Mohamed Haneef, who had been granted bail on charges of aiding terrorists.

However, should the immigration status of the parents of such persons change to permanent resident, they may be granted citizenship immediately, or when the parents acquire citizenship through naturalization, at the discretion of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

Citizenship was also granted to the veteran's natural children, but not to his female partner.

Ellen Fairclough, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, of the Chinese Adjustment Statement Program that granted amnesty to illegal immigrants from Hong Kong, also known as " Paper Sons ".

Outside sport, he has been recognised with a Taunton Deane Citizenship Award, and was granted the Freedom of his home town, Keynsham.

On September 22, 2008 Hinzman “ and his family were granted a last-minute stay of deportation Monday by a Federal Court judge while the court decides whether to hear their appeal …. The judge's decision will allow the family to remain in Toronto while the court decides whether to review a decision by Citizenship and Immigration officials not to let the Hinzmans remain in Canada on ' Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds '.

In 1919 all Natives who had served in the military were granted full citizenship, but the rest of the Native Americans were not included as citizens until 1924, when the Indian Citizenship Act was passed by Congress.

The 1971 Citizenship Decree by President Mobutu Sese Seko granted citizenship to Banyarwanda who had arrived as refugees from 1959 to 1963.

In the United States, citizenship is automatically granted to all foreign-born children when at least one adoptive parent is a U. S. citizen, in accordance with the Child Citizenship Act of 2000.

In general, a person born in what became the Republic of Ireland while it was still part of the United Kingdom before 6 December 1922 was not granted Citizenship of the UK & Colonies by the British Nationality Act 1948 unless such a person had a UK & Colonies born father ( based on 1949 frontiers ).

Naturalized Northern Cyprus Citizens are persons granted Citizenship by the Government of Northern Cyprus, which is recognized only by Turkey.