Nine conferred with UK citizenship
The nine persons all received their certificates from the Governor His Excellency John S. Duncan OBE at a simple ceremony held at Government House in Road Town.
They are Colette Marietta Deane, Vincente Edwards Deane, Kiwana Tissa Emmanuel, Leonidas Aracelis Ramos De Garcia, Felipe Garcia George, Natasha Tracey Lewis, Pamela Joan Philip, Lydia Cecilia Plaugh and Joseph Clive Tyson.
In delivering remarks at the ceremony Governor Duncan congratulated the new British citizens upon their momentous accomplishment.
“A few moments ago you give the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen and the Pledge of Loyalty to the United Kingdom. This is a formal promise as you embrace your new nationality and consider the opportunities it offers. By reaching and obtaining British citizenship you have exercised the right to enjoy as British overseas territory citizens under the 2002 Legislation. Though a right it is nonetheless an important decision you have taken to seek British citizenship by registration and it is proper that the fulfilment of that process should be marked in a formal way the process and the ceremony at the end of it is a matter to which Ministers in Her Majesty’s Government in Britain attached great importance,” Governor Duncan said.
According to the Governor, those ministers consider the taking of a new nationality as a matter of great significance for any individual.
“British Law requires that those who acquired British nationality in this way must not only demonstrate a commitment to the United Kingdom but also a knowledge of its history, institutions and language,” the Governor said.
He said that as an overseas territory and part of the realm of Her Majesty, the Virgin Islands has a special link with Great Britain for economic success in the global economy and is founded upon the fact that they share a common legal system.
He urged the individuals to be ambassadors for the Virgin Islands in their new journey in life as British citizens.
“I hope as you exercise your new freedoms for travel and employment you will never forget that you will be ambassadors for your home base the British Virgin Islands where all of you have put down roots, where your contribution to the development of this community, as I’m sure already substantial, and where, as we collectively seek to seize the opportunities of the global economy, that contribution will be increasingly valuable,” Governor Duncan said.
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Yes these person are getting UK Citizenship but that also took a long process as well, those are the very same law that the UK put in place.