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The proposal sets out an inclusive approach to citizenship after independence for people born or living in Scotland and describes who would become a Scottish citizen at the point of independence, and who could become a Scottish citizen from then on.
The plan presents an inclusive, welcoming and ambitious vision of the entitlement to Scottish citizenship.
Scottish citizens would have the right to live and work freely in Scotland. They would also be able to get a Scottish passport.
Most Scottish people are currently British citizens and UK law allows British citizens to hold multiple nationalities.
The Scottish Government’s latest paper proposes that after independence, the law in Scotland would allow Scottish citizens to do the same, so people can hold both Scottish and British nationality or only one or the other.
Under the proposals, British citizens would not have to become Scottish citizens after independence in order to live and work in Scotland because Scotland would continue to be part of the Common Travel Area.
This area includes the UK, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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Citizenship is an essential part of being an independent country. Scottish citizenship would be a new, legal status of nationality, but it won’t replace any of the nationalities we already hold: we would still be able to choose to be Scottish and British, or any other nationality that we already hold. As a citizen, you will get rights, including the right to hold a Scottish passport. Scotland would continue to be an open and welcoming country – nobody would need to be a citizen to feel they belong in Scotland.
Under this government’s proposals, citizenship of an independent Scotland would mean people could travel freely, live and work across the UK and Ireland, and across the European Union once Scotland re-joins the EU.
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