over 50? Born in Aden?

[Wander00]

Ban toddlers in the US.......No it is not funny - banning guns would have more benefit to the US than Trump's idiotic travel ban. And hats off to the AG who had the guts to stand up to him.

[Herod]

And hats off to the AG who had the guts to stand up to him.

And has just been dismissed. Where is this all going to end?

Regarding carrying arms, I can't really see the objection to limiting it to say one (visible) sidearm, with a limited capacity chamber (think six-gun). Why does the NRA insist that it is necessary to have semi-automatic, or even automatic weapons with high-capacity magazines? The original amendment goes back to the days of muskets, when it was necessary to be armed, partly for protection against animals/other humans and partly because of the need to maintain a State's Militia. The world has moved on.

[Shack37]

My brand new passport was "ruined" 3 years ago at Tel Aviv, Despite asking the girl at immigration 5 times not to stamp my passport, she looked up at me stamped it then laughed.

For this reason, before retiring, myself and colleagues all had two Passports.
It also allowed the company to apply for visas, when necessary, on the second PP if the holder was already travelling or out of the country when a visa for somewhere else was required.

[ORAC]

And hats off to the AG who had the guts to stand up to him.

AG in question was an Obama political appointee whose resignation had been accepted and was continuing to serve temporarily whilst the Democrats delayed the confirmation of her successor. She just took the opportunity for a bit of virtue signalling and flounced rather than walked out the door.

[Wander00]

I disagree, she took the line she had declared at her affirmation hearing. Sure she would have been replaced anyway by Trump, but IMHO she stood up for what she believed was correct, not a line always taken by Government law officers here or in the US

[SimWes]

Unfortunately when filling out the ESTA, it doesn't give you a choice to put anything other than Yemen if you stem from the good old Aden times...

[melmothtw]

Unfortunately when filling out the ESTA, it doesn't give you a choice to put anything other than Yemen if you stem from the good old Aden times...

Indeed, hence my point earlier about the US equating place of birth with nationality. I have been lucky in that my place of birth is currently in the EU, and so has had no restrictions placed on it beyond those that have been placed on the UK. Dread to think how you'd get round being born in Aden/Yemen or even somewhere like Hong Kong though.

[SimWes]

Originally Posted by melmothtw

Indeed, hence my point earlier about the US equating place of birth with nationality. I have been lucky in that my place of birth is currently in the EU, and so has had no restrictions placed on it beyond those that have been placed on the UK. Dread to think how you'd get round being born in Aden/Yemen or even somewhere like Hong Kong though.

Having said that, it was approved.....

[Blacksheep]

Children of UK service personnel, born outside of the UK are treated as something less than 100% UK citizens by the USA.

...and by UK too. I was born in South Africa while my father served at Simon's Town Naval Base. I was determined by the Home Office to be a South African citizen and at the age of 21 had to apply for "citizenship by descent". For this you have to prove that your parents are British by birth, your parents were legally married at the time of your birth and your father is the legitimate son of a father who is British by birth.

This class of citizenship does not confer British citizenship on any of one's children who are born outside the UK after 31st December 1982.

This not the same as naturalisation, which presumably carries similar restrictions upon one's descendants. Upon being told that he was either Irish or Pakistani, Spike Milligan refused to apply for naturalisation and emigrated to Australia.

[melmothtw]

Originally Posted by SimWes

Having said that, it was approved.....

Not sure how you'd get on now.

[SimWes]

Originally Posted by melmothtw

Not sure how you'd get on now.

Was approved after the announcement

[November4]

Originally Posted by ian16th

My understanding was that being born 'outside of the United Kingdom' disqualifies one from 'visa free entry' to the USA.

This was the problem that my friends child had.

Must amplify, it is all hearsay as I have a 100% UK born of UK parents, plus 6 documented generations, UK passport, and always travelled to and from the USA on a B2 visa.

Born in Aden in 1964. My passport says place of birth - Steamer Point. My driving licence shows Yemen as country of birt though as Aden was not an option in the list of countries.

2 years ago, I applied for an ESTA and had to select Yemen as country of birth as no option for Aden and got the ESTA no problem.

I now travel to the US regularly and was able to obtain an A1 visa with no problems.