Trinidad and TobagoAncestry and return
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This route is for a person who personally ceased to be a Trinidad and Tobago citizen because they voluntarily acquired citizenship of another country.
a person who has ceased to be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
voluntary acquisition of citizenship of another country
The applicant must personally be the former citizen; the provision does not establish principal-applicant eligibility through a parent, grandparent or earlier ancestor.
a person who has ceased to be a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago
The prescribed residence application is Form 6 and good character is evidenced by a police certificate.
Form 6
good character as evidenced by a police
certificate of good character
Successful applicants receive resident status in Trinidad and Tobago.
resident status
Application is made in the prescribed form and permission is granted at the Minister's discretion; a registered resident receives a Form 7 certificate as proof and keeps the right to be admitted while a resident. Status is lost after voluntarily living outside Trinidad and Tobago for a continuous year unless a ministerial exemption certificate is obtained.
persons who come within the following classes may on application in the prescribed form, be granted permission by the Minister if he thinks fit, to become residents
**23.** The Permanent Secretary shall on the registration of any person as a resident under regulation 19 deliver to such person either personally or by registered post a certificate under his hand in the form set out as Form 7 and such certificate shall be sufficient proof that such person is a resident.
(2) A resident who is not a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago, so long as he continues to be a resident, has the right to be admitted into Trinidad and Tobago.
is lost by a person— _(a)_ who voluntarily resides outside Trinidad and Tobago for a continuous period of one year, unless he obtains from the Minister a certificate in the prescribed form exempting him from the provisions of this paragraph; or
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