Which family relationships qualify?
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Saint Helena - St Helenian Status for Spouse or Life Partner
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Who may sponsor or bring the family member, and what immigration/citizenship status must that person hold?
The connecting person must be a person with St Helenian status; the applicant applies in his or her own name in the approved form and must provide documentary or other evidence that he or she is eligible to be granted St Helenian status in accordance with section 15(3) of, and Schedule II to, the Ordinance.
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Limits of the record
- The provision addresses the applicant's own application; it describes no separate sponsor role, undertaking or sponsor application.
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(2) An applicant applying for St Helenian status under section 15(3) of the Ordinance as the spouse or life partner of a person with St Helenian status must apply in the 35 approved form and provide documentary or other evidence that the applicant is eligible to be granted St Helenian status in accordance with section 15(3) of, and Schedule II to, the Ordinance.
What is important for proving marriage, partnership, parentage, custody, dependency or another qualifying relationship?
The marriage or life partnership must have been in existence for at least 3 years. The official source does not state which documents prove the relationship.
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Limits of the record
- The same paragraph also sets good character, the three-year presence requirement and the absence limits, which belong to other boxes.
- No documentary evidence of the relationship is specified in this paragraph.
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2. Subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, the requirements for the grant of St Helenian status in the case of a person who is the spouse or life partner of a person having St Helenian status are that— (a) the marriage or life partnership has been in existence for at least 3 years; (b) the applicant is of good character; (c) the applicant was in St Helena at the beginning of a period of 3 years ending with the date of the application and that— (i) the total number of days on which the applicant was absent from St Helena in that period does not exceed 150; (ii) the number of days on which the applicant was absent from St Helena in the period of twelve months so ending does not exceed 100; and (iii) the applicant was not in either of those periods undergoing a sentence of imprisonment nor in breach of any of the laws relating to immigration; or that the Governor in Council has granted (under paragraph 4) a dispensation from the requirements of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) (or either of them) of this paragraph; but nothing in this paragraph prevents a person who is the spouse or life partner of a person having St Helenian status from applying for status under paragraph 1.
What important financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibilities apply?
The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance requirements.
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Limits of the record
- Read Schedule II paragraph 2, Immigration Ordinance section 15, Immigration Regulations regulation 4 and the official St Helenian Status page. They set character, relationship-duration, presence and absence requirements, and a dispensation power, but no financial, accommodation, insurance or maintenance responsibility for this route.
How does the application work at a high level, what rights does the family member receive, how long does the status last, and how can it become independent or longer-term where officially stated?
The applicant applies in his or her own name in the approved form. The result is St Helenian status, which carries the automatic right of entry to St Helena, a right held by all persons holding St Helenian Status whether automatically or by grant. The official source does not state how long the status lasts.
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Limits of the record
- How long the status lasts and how it may be lost are stated in section 16 of the Ordinance and are not in this passage.
- No separate rights for further family members are stated for this route.
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Those with automatic right of entry to St Helena (includes all persons holding St Helenian Status whether automatically or by grant);
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(2) An applicant applying for St Helenian status under section 15(3) of the Ordinance as the spouse or life partner of a person with St Helenian status must apply in the 35 approved form and provide documentary or other evidence that the applicant is eligible to be granted St Helenian status in accordance with section 15(3) of, and Schedule II to, the Ordinance.
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