A01 (C:15, NC:12, P:1) and A02 (C:14, NC:13, P:1) passed and have been applied to the bill

British Overseas Territory and Crown Dependencies (Cession Conditions) (Restoration of Royal Prerogative) Bill

A

Bill

To

Restore long standing constitutional balance to foreign policy.

1 Repeal

1. The British Overseas Territories (Cession Conditions) Act is hereby repealed in full.

2 Referenda

(1) A Minister of the Crown may, by order, call for a referendum to be held within a British Overseas Territory (as defined as any Territory outlined in Schedule 6 of the British Nationality Act 1981) on whether to secede from the United Kingdom. or Crown Dependency (defined as the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and the Isle of Man), or any constituent part of either entity.” Between “1981)” “on whether to secede

>(a) This order must be enacted via the affirmative procedure.(b) If the cession is to another state, the 'other nation' must have consented to the referendum taking place.(c) If the cession is for the British Overseas Territory to become an independent nation, no outside consent is necessary.

[(2) In the case of a British Overseas Territory, Crown Dependency or relevant constituent part of either entity lacking a permanent population, including the British Indian Ocean Territory, British Antarctic Territory, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, South Georgia and

Can anyone throw some light on this please ?

I applied for crown dependency visa on the 16th of November. I received a “not straightforward visa ”email from UKVI a few days back. After contacting customer service I got to know that my visa is still awaiting decision. Does anyone know what happens after one submits their biometrics and passport when applying for a crown dependency region ?I assume the workflow for crown dependencies is a bit different as compared to mainland UK VISA.

Thanks

Hello folks,

I am preparing my application for ILR and have filled in my travel history for the 6 or so years I have been here. During that time, I haven't been broken the 180 days in 12 continuous months rule as required for getting ILR. The closest being I was away for about 121 days. That was this year, where I went back home to Australia for 3 months because of the pandemic.

The application is asking the following question and I am unsure why:

> What evidence will you provide to support the reasons for all absences from the UK and Crown Dependencies?

The travel I have done has always been with either annual leave from work or permission to work from the destination. The latter I have done on a couple of occasions, such as my trip back home earlier this year.

The available answers are:

• Letter(s) from employer(s) detailing reasons for work-related absences including periods of paid annual leave from the UK and Crown Dependencies
• Letter from applicant detailing any exceptionally harsh consequences to them > caused by the change in the way absences from the UK are counted
• Official documents: (e.g. medical, birth or death certificates)
• Letter from travel companies to evidence disruption to travel
• Other

From the available answers, the only sensible one I can choose is:

> Letter(s) from employer(s) detailing reasons for work-related absences including periods of paid annual leave from the UK and Crown Dependencies

Is that the appropriate choice the situation I described? If so, what do I reach out to my previous employers and ask them for my annual leave reports. Luckily, I have only worked for two employers (including my current employer) during my time in the UK and I can get in touch with them if needed.

I imagine lots of Aussies have travelled during their time (more than myself for sure).

Thanks!

The first question in the process for applying for the Graduate route was if I intend to stay in any of the crown dependencies of the UK. I don't and but I marked yes by mistake and completed the whole application. I've now submitted it and realized this later on. Since I marked yes my application did not allow me to submit via the ID check app and required a physical appointment, If I marked no it allowed me to use the ID check app( that's how I realized it) .

My question is, me marking yes for Intending to stay in the crown dependencies of the UK while I actually don't, will this affect the outcome of my application?

i was trying to see if there was a post about them but i couldn’t find one, has anyone gotten guernsey or isle of man in battle royale? i’m pretty sure jersey is in it but does anybody know about the other two?😊

given that the crown dependencies [isle of man, bailiwicks of guernsey and alderney] are formally not part of the united kingdom, is there a political geographic term that includes them with either the united kingdom or great britain? a term inclusive of all domains under the authority of direct british rule, parliament and/or crown? along the same lines, is there one that would include the overseas territories? or has no one ever thought it worth the bother?

Hello all! While I may not be the most eloquent speaker, I hope that I can get my ideas across today. The Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories are an often overlooked part of the UK which play an important role in our past and present. I believe that giving them representation in the MHOC would be beneficial to them within the context of the sims, and in a sim health sense. Generally speaking I think the more seats are included, the better (within reason of course), but seeing as these subdivisions seem fairly clear-cut it would make sense to include them in Parliament.

Crown Dependencies: These are the main focus of my article today, as I feel that these are the most justified to include in the sims. Now I’m not saying that we include a Model Tynwald or Model Êtats d'Jèrri, but I think that including the crown dependencies in parliamentary seat form could prove to be an interesting addition to the sims. Now there are 3 ways I could see this working. We could include either 2 seats, 3 seats or 5 seats. If we were to include 2 seats, it would be the Isle of Man and then the Channel Islands as a single grouping. If we were to go for 3 seats it would end up with us splitting the Channel Islands in to Jersey and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Finally if we were to go for the most accurate and representative seat number 5, the Bailiwick of Guernsey would be split in to the 3 autonomous territories within, being Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. The main reason I believe this to be an interesting prospect is that it gives a new and unique angle for the sim, being that the British isles are not just limited to Great Britain and the island of Ireland. Obviously we have the islands that come under the jurisdiction of the constituency countries simmed but the Crown Dependencies offer new opportunities for us. First of all, incorporating new perspectives and parties. While the Isle of Man has had political parties for a while, they have a unique political perspective, with their own unique language and policy matters which would provide a great deal of discourse for Westminster. There are four main parties in the Isle of Man, with room for more to be created, however independents thrive there, having all but one of the seats in both chambers of the Tynwald. Even more interesting however is Jersey, where parties have only existed in the Bailiwick since 2014, with only 2 existing in the first place (before 2020 there was only 1), with the States Assembly being dominated

Just a quick check because the available info is somewhat confusing. My partner arrived a month ago on a family visa to the UK and is looking for jobs. A good job came up on the Isle of Man (a 2 year position) and I'm looking in to whether she can work there and have that time count towards an eventual ILR or even just allow her to apply for FLR in 2.5 years after the job would be finished and we'd be back in the UK proper.

I take it time spent in the Crown Dependencies do not count as time spent in the UK?

Thanks so much for any clarity here!

Can anyone throw some light on this please ?

I applied for crown dependency visa on the 16th of November. I received a “not straightforward visa ”email from UKVI a few days back. After contacting customer service I got to know that my visa is still awaiting decision. Does anyone know what happens after one submits their biometrics and passport when applying for a crown dependency region ?I assume the workflow for crown dependencies is a bit different as compared to mainland UK VISA.

Thanks

What do you think about Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man?

Thank you!