So I guess I'll have t give that up!! Thanks, Gavin. Goldie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Bell" <g.bell@which.net> To: <aberdeen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] RE-LEGAL NAME > goldie and Lido Doratti wrote: > >> ... >> l'm pretty sure if I decided to move to Scotland I could do that. > > If you mean "go and take up permanent residence" then it is not certain > that you could. The rules on immigration were made much more > restrictive around 30 years ago, and (while I cannot give you precise > legal chapter and verse) I rather think that citizens of Commonwealth > countries (such as Canada) have the automatic right to take up residence > in the UK only if they have at least one parent who was actually born in > the UK. Otherwise, they are subject to the same immigration > restrictions as other non-EU citizens. > > > Gavin Bell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >