#british citizenship test

[ayjsolicitors2]

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[scribeanand]

How to become a British citizen

[ivlymonii]

I have only just now realised that you can sort tumblr posts by type.

NOW I CAN READ THROUGH ALL OF THE TEXT BASED GRINDLEDORE POSTS I WANT WITHOUT GETTING BOMBARDED BY NFSW FANART! MY I-HAVE-NO-IDEA-WHAT-MY-SEXUALITY-IS-I-DON'T-FUCKING-WANNA-DATE-BUT-I-STILL-CRUSH-ON-PEOPLE-CAUSE-THEY'RE-HOT-EVERY-NOW-AND-THEN ARSE IS FUCKING SINGING

anyways back to my degeneracy.

[lexlawuk]

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[wisemancax]

Only real UK citizens can answer all 15 questions correctly - UK Citizenship Challenge

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[ausetkmt]

Benin grants citizenship to slave descendants as it faces its own role in the trade

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — When Nadege Anelka first came to the West African country of Benin from her home island of Martinique, a French overseas territory in the Caribbean, the 57-year-old travel agent said she had a feeling of deja vu.

Nate Debos, known by his stage name NaTRILL Dizaster, left, who said he would apply for Benin citizenship, poses with Ay.Yon Michaels, right, of the rap duo Ayakashi Krewe inside an old school bus in New Orleans, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Feeling at home in Benin, Anelka decided to settle there last July and open a travel agency. She hopes to become a citizen by taking advantage of a law passed in September that grants citizenship to those who can trace their lineage to the slave trade.

The new law, which was initiated by President Patrice Talon, who has been in office since 2016, is part of a broader effort by Benin to reckon with its own historical role in the slave trade.

The law is open to all over 18 who do not already hold other African citizenship and can provide proof that an ancestor was deported via the slave trade from anywhere in sub-Saharan Africa. Beninese authorities accept DNA tests, authenticated testimonies and family records.

In this Jan. 29, 2019 file photo, the flags of the nations of Benin and Togo, the west African homes of the survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, remain on display on a monument at what was the Africatown Welcome Center in Mobile, Ala. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett, File)

Benin is not the first country to grant citizenship to descendants of slaves. Earlier this month, Ghana naturalized 524 African Americans after the West African country’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo, invited them to “come home” in 2019, as part of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in North America in 1619.

But Benin’s citizenship law carries added significance, in part because of the role it played in the slave trade as one of the main points of departure.

European merchants deported an estimated 1.5 million slaves from the Bight of Benin, a territory that includes modern-day Benin and Togo and part of modern-day Nigeria, said Ana Lucia Araujo, a professor of history at Howard University who has spent years researching Benin’s role.

In this Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, a fisherman stands amidst city trash brought in by the tide, as he prepares to launch his fishing boat, in Cotonou, Benin. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Benin has struggled to resolve its legacy of complicity. For over 200 years, powerful kings captured and sold slaves to Portuguese, French and British merchants.

The kingdoms still exist today as tribal networks, and so do the groups that were raided. Rumors that President Patrice Talon is a descendant of slave merchants sparked much debate while he was running for office in 2016. Talon has never publicly addressed the rumors.

Benin has openly acknowledged its role in the slave trade, a stance not shared by many other African nations that participated. In the 1990s, Benin hosted an international conference, sponsored by UNESCO, to examine how and where slaves were sold.

And in 1999, President Mathieu Kérékou fell to his knees whiling visiting a church in Baltimore and issued an apology to African Americans for Africa’s involvement in the slave trade.

FILE- A man paddles a canoe near a Voodoo sacred forest in Adjarra, Benin, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

Memorial sites are mostly in Ouidah. They include the “Door of No Return,” which marks the point from which many enslaved people were shipped across the Atlantic, as well as the town’s history museum.

At the “Tree of Forgetfulness,” enslaved people were said to be symbolically forced to forget their past lives.

“Memories of the slave trade are present on both sides of the Atlantic, but only one of these sides is well known,” said Sindé Cheketé, the head of Benin’s state-run tourism agency.

Nate Debos, 37, an American musician living in New Orleans, learned about Benin’s citizenship law while visiting for the Porto Novo mask festival. He had never been to West Africa before, but his interest in the Vodun religion led him there.

Debos is the president of an association called New Orleans National Vodou Day. It mirrors Benin’s Vodun Day, a national holiday on Jan. 10 with a festival in Ouidah celebrating Vodun, an official religion in Benin, practiced by at least a million people in the country.

It originated in the kingdom of Dahomey — in the south of present-day Benin — and revolves around the worship of spirits and ancestors through rituals and offerings. Slavery brought Vodun to the Americas and the Caribbean, where it became Vodou, a blend with Catholicism.

“Vodou is one of the chains that connects Africa to the Americas,” said Araujo, the professor. “For enslaved Africans, it was a way of resisting slavery.”

European colonial powers and slave owners sought to suppress African cultural and religious practices. Vodun was preserved through syncretism, as African deities and spirits were merged with or disguised as Catholic saints.

“Our African ancestors were not tribal savages, they had sophisticated cultures with very noble and beautiful spiritual practices,” Debos said.

He now seeks to establish more partnerships with collectives practicing Vodun in Benin, which would require him to stay in the country for longer periods. He will apply for citizenship, but not with an intention to move there permanently.

“At the end of the day, I am an American, even when I am dressed in the wonderful fabrics and suits they have in Benin,” Debos said.

Anelka, the travel agent now living in Benin, said her motivations behind getting Beninese citizenship are mostly symbolic.

“I know I will never be completely Beninese. I will always be considered a foreigner” she said. “But I am doing this for my ancestors. It’s a way to reclaim my heritage, a way of getting reparation.”

[sgiandubh]

Thank you for answering my Qs about citizenship. Very interesting. Multiple passports....easier to travel when your parents travel for a living ;)

Dear Citizenship Anon,

It is very rare for an Anon to come back and thank me, so kudos to you, really, 😘😘😘. I simply examined the matter in theory, as I have no proof of this whatsoever (and how could I, since children's data are protected all over the world, for all the excellent reasons one could think of).

If such a child exists (remember I am answering you seriously, here), they would have to travel with their parents, nannie or other relatives (extra documents, such as a Travel Consent signed by the parents, may be needed in the latter cases), even if in the US and in Ireland all children must have their own travel documents. FYI, in the UK, many children are included on either one or both their parents' passports, but they can also have their own document (to avoid applying for an US visa, if included on a parent's passport, for example) - an US passport comes in handy, here, for obvious reasons.

So not sure if it would be easier: traveling with a child is always a hassle.

I cannot stress enough that my answer to you only covers the situation where the child would have been born in the USA/elsewhere. If born in the UK, they would either have a British passport (father) and an Irish passport (mother), or be included on the father's British passport and have an Irish passport (mother).

[Later edit]: @harriethattie is correct to remind me that if the parents are not married at the time of birth, a child born abroad from a British father and an Irish mother would have to be registered for British citizenship. To the above and conversely, I will add that if born in the UK, the father will pass on his nationality/citizenship, subject to proof of paternity (simple DNA test required, which cannot be mandated, or Court order).

[shakespearenews]

I encountered this tension when myself and my friend and writing partner Philip Arditti were cast in a racially blind production of Henry V at Shakespeare’s Globe. Henry V is perhaps the most straightforward of Shakespeare’s histories – plays that deal with the ups and downs of the British crown. Set during the hundred years war with France, it follows King Henry, a former party boy who writes himself into history on the battlefield at Agincourt and returns home victorious despite his relatively small army. Phil and I, both outsiders to Britishness in different ways, found ourselves on stage every night portraying soldiers fighting for an England we couldn’t define. Was this progress? This question gnawed at us throughout the run, highlighting our broader experiences of living and working in England today. We talked about rehearsal room microaggressions, undergoing the citizenship process, and whether to stick with our native accents or convert to received pronunciation.

The result of these conversations was a history play of our own: English Kings Killing Foreigners. It is a dark comedy about casting controversy and English cultural identity. We hope that, by sharing our experiences, we can contribute to the discourse surrounding Shakespeare and England in a way that takes the focus off the actors on the stage and places it back where it belongs: the wounds that still fester on the battlefield that is Shakespeare.

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https://cptheatre.co.uk/whatson/English-Kings

The death of a national sweetheart.  A friendship tested by a bloody act.  An infamous production of Shakespeare's Henry V. 

A tell-all dark comedy that peels back the skin of English cultural identity to reveal the steaming battlefields that lies beneath. Would you die for your country?

From rehearsal room microaggressions, to the battlefields of France, into the bureaucracy of applying for citizenship, Shakespeare's Globe Ensemble veterans Nina Bowers and Philip Arditti explore their histories alongside England's own as unwilling actors in a national story.

[ayjsolicitors2]

The British Citizenship Test is a required assessment for those aspiring to attain British citizenship. Covering aspects like the country's history, traditions, and governance, the test evaluates applicants on their knowledge of essential topics such as British institutions and values. Passing this examination is a key prerequisite in the journey toward naturalization.

[scribeanand]

Citizenship application process in the UK

[beardedmrbean]

A woman in her 60s has been arrested for allegedly using an "array of wigs" and other disguises to pose as at least 14 other people to help them pass UK citizenship tests.

The 61-year-old, who has not been named, helped men and women "gain an unfair advantage" in the Life in the UK Test, the Home Office said.

She is accused of wearing various wigs and disguises to pass herself off as the true applicants, in an attempt to dishonestly obtain them leave to remain in the UK.

Anyone seeking to stay in the country indefinitely or naturalisation as a British citizen must take the test.

She was arrested at an address in Enfield, north London on Monday where "several false documents and an array of wigs alleged to have been used in the fraudulent scheme" were seized.

It is alleged that between June 2022 and August the following year, the woman went to multiple UK test centres, disguising herself and doctoring ID documents to evade detection.

Fraudsters completing the test for others could "lead to people wrongly being granted the right to remain in the country without the proper due diligence", the Home Office said.

Immigration enforcement criminal and financial investigation inspector Phillip Parr said a "complex investigation" had "put a stop to this dangerous scheme".

"This individual is believed to have orchestrated a pre-meditated plan to avoid detection, meticulously selecting disguises and test centre locations across the country to evade the authorities.

"As with many criminals who commit this type of crime, we believe her motive was financial gain," he said.

The Home Office said the woman remains in custody.

The Life in the UK Test consists of 24 questions aimed at "proving the applicant has sufficient knowledge of British values, history, and society", the Home Office said.

[ukenglishvi]

https://theprome.com/read-blog/23403_why-does-the-b1-test-matter-for-your-british-citizenship.html

[nitpickrider]

Bullshit. No, seriously. Bullshit. US Citizenship CANNOT be revoked from a natural born citizen (Steve was very famously born in New York and therefor a US Citizen from the instant of his birth), period. it's covered under the 14th amendment. Steve was never an immigrant, he never took a citizenship test, even the VERY thin margin the government has to strip citizenship from naturalized citizens does not apply. They can-not strip him of his citizenship. And exile is not a law on the federal books of the United States, in fact is ALSO declared unconstitutional under the 4th amendment's provisions against cruel and unusual punishment. It exists in mothballs in a couple of STATE constitutions but it is functionally impossible to exile any naturalized citizen from the United States. The president also can't just unilaterally charge and then convict a man of treason which is a VERY serious law under US federal code and nearly impossible to prosecute specifically because the way US treason law was written made it hard to prosecute ON PURPOSE because of the way British law bandied about the expression in the time before and during the revolution. Even if he is exercising his rights as commander-in-chief Steve isn't a member of the US Military anymore, they paid out his pension. In short, this doesn't make sense from just about any even basically logical angle you look at it with and Steve only has to speak one word to a lawyer and he'd bring this administration down around its ears. Captain America 450

[maskeraith]

Learning about when the pubs open to pass the british citizenship test

[writingfromasgard]

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