Citizenship

Question 1

Who is a citizen?

Answer 1

A legal member of a country

Question 2

What is citizenship?

Answer 2

The status, rights, and duties of a citizen

Question 3

How do you know if a person is automatically a citizen of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas?

Answer 3

When they are born in the Bahamas before July 9th, 1973
Parents are both Bahamians
Born to a single mother

Question 4

How can a person become a citizen of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas?

Answer 4

Persons may apply for citizenship at age 18 if they meet these requirements:

a) Born in the Commonwealth of The Bahamas with neither parents being a citizen
b) A person born outside The Bahamas to a Bahamian mother
c) A person born in the Bahamas to a Bahamian mother and a non-Bahamian father.

Question 5

How do you know if you are a citizen of The Bahamas?

Answer 5

a) Adopted by a married Bahamian male

b) Born in the former colony of The Bahamas before 9th July 1973

Question 6

How can you apply for citizenship in The Bahamas?

Answer 6

a) Born in The Bahamas to non-Bahamian parents
b) A female spouse of a Bahamian citizen
c) Born in The Bahamas to non-Bahamian parents after 9th July 1973

Question 7

What is the meaning of a natural-born citizen?

Answer 7

A person who is eligible for citizenship upon birth

Question 8

What is the meaning of a naturalized citizen?

Answer 8

A person who once eligible must apply and be granted a citizenship