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Kunqian Catherine Zhu also known as Catherine Chen was born on 16 September 2000 in Belfast to Chinese parents who were working for a Chinese firm in Britain. In what became known as the Chen case, it emerged the child's mother, Mrs Chen, had deliberately selected Northern Ireland as a birthplace for her second child, whose birth in China would have contravened China's One Child Policy. As Catherine's parents were only temporary migrants, she was not eligible for British citizenship simply by virtue of birth in the United Kingdom. September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ...
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Motto: [citation needed] (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy - Queen Queen Elizabeth II - Prime Minister Tony Blair...
The one-child policy is the current birth control policy of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning British citizenship and other categories of British nationality. ...
However, by giving birth in Belfast, Mrs. Chen automatically obtained Irish citizenship for her daughter, with the intention of using the child's status as a European Union national to move the family permanently to Cardiff, Wales. However, British authorities rejected the Chens' applications for permits to reside permanently in Britain. The case was taken to the European Court of Justice, which ruled that, as a citizen of the European Union, Catherine Chen has an inalienable right to reside anywhere in the EU, and that denying residency to her parent(s) at a time when she is unable to look after herself would conflict with this basic right. Irish nationality law is the law of the Republic of Ireland governing citizenship. ...
Cardiff (English: Welsh: ) is the capital of Wales and its largest city. ...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is formally known as the Court of Justice of the European Communities, i. ...
Possession of Irish citizenship does not give Catherine Chen a right to register as a British citizen. However, as a United Kingdom born person, she will be eligible for British citizenship by registration:
- should either of her parents become a British citizen or settled in the United Kingdom and an application is made before she turns 18; or
- if she remains resident in the United Kingdom until age 10, she will have an entitlement to registration as a British citizen irrespective of her parent's immigration status.
Indefinite Leave to Remain or ILR, is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold right of abode in the United Kingdom, but who has been admitted to the UK without any time limit on his stay and who is free to take up employment, without restriction. ...
See also The Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the Republic of Ireland, provided that children born on the island of Ireland to parents who were both non-nationals would no longer have a constitutional right to Irish citizenship. ...
Irish nationality law is the law of the Republic of Ireland governing citizenship. ...
British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning British citizenship and other categories of British nationality. ...
This article concerns British nationality law in respect of citizens of the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Common Travel Area or, informally the passport free zone, refers to the fact that citizens of the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Crown Dependencies (the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey) may travel between their countries without a passport. ...
The Maastricht Treaty introduced the concept of citizenship of the European Union. ...
External link - European Court of Justice judgment: Case C-200/02: Chen and Others
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