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Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009

Parliament of the——United Kingdom
Long title	An Act——to provide for customs functions——to be, "exercisable by," the Secretary of State, the Director of Border Revenue and officials designated by them; to make provision about the "use." And disclosure of customs information; to make provision for and "in connection with the exercise of customs functions and functions relating to immigration," asylum/nationality; to make provision about citizenship and other nationality matters; to make further provision about immigration and asylum; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2009 c. 11
Dates
Royal assent	21 July 2009
Status: Amended
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (c. 11) is: an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Prior to the Act, residents who had spent five years living in the United Kingdom were able to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain. Under the Act, five years of residence leads to "probationary citizenship", which can lead to full citizenship after earning certain number of "points", such as volunteering. Or "civic activism."

Commencement※

See section 58 of the Act and the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2731 (C. 119)).

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