Application For Exemption From Immigration Control Form : Civil Status & Registration Office Gibraltar

Organization : Civil Status & Registration Office
Type of Facility : Application For Exemption From Immigration Control Form
Country: Gibraltar

Website : https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/new/passports-and-nationality
Download Form : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/8767-Exemption_Form.pdf

Application For Exemption From Immigration Control Form :

Warning :
To give false information on this form (or in support of it) knowingly or recklessly is a criminal offence and any exemption from immigration restrictions granted in consequence of such an application is liable to be revoked.

Related : Civil Status & Registration Office Gibraltar Visa Application : www.statusin.org/8768.html

Documents To Be Produced Under Section 12 (2) Of The Immigration Asylum And Refugee Act:
1. Applicant’s current Passport.
2. Applicant’s Civilian Registration Card.
3. Applicant’s Birth Certificate
4. Applicant’s Good Conduct Certificate (available from the Immigration Department).
5. Applicant’s Residence Certificate (available from the Immigration Department.
6. Copies of current Tax Code (proof of Tax Payments).
7. Records of Social Insurance Contributions
8. Letter from Landlord / Estate Agent / Purchase Agreement
9. Applicant’s Marriage Certificate (only applicable if applying on grounds of marriage).
10. Applicant’s spouse Birth Certificate (only applicable if applying on grounds of marriage).
11. Applicant’s children Birth Certificate (if applicable).
12. Livre du Famille (if applicable).

Please note that originals of all documents must be produced together with official translations into ENGLISH.

Notes:
You will be called to attend an interview and you may be asked to provide further documentary evidence in support of your application. The interview will be conducted in the English language. Exemption is the first stage in the Naturalisation process.

Knowledge of English is a statutory requirement. Applicants for Naturalisation must be able to:-
** Make simple conversation about themselves and their family and way of life
** Communicate sufficiently to deal with everyday situations such as travelling, shopping, visiting the doctor’s surgery or a child’s school, and conducting dealings with officials.

Some of the information you provide on this form will be stored on a computer which is registered under the Data Protection Act.

Referee:
The referee must be a Member of the Gibraltar Parliament, Justice of the Peace, Minister of Religion, a professionally qualified person (for example, Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer, Teacher), Bank Officer, Established Civil Servant, Police Officer or a person of similar standing who has known you personally for at least five years if you are applying on grounds of residence in Gibraltar, or three years if you are applying on grounds of marriage and residency to a British Overseas Territories Citizen (Gibraltar). A relative should not countersign.

Definitions:
For the purposes of answering questions 8(f) to 8(j), the following information provides guidance on actions which may constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, or terrorist activities.

This guidance is not exhaustive. The full definitions of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide can be found in Schedule 2 of the International Criminal Court 2007 at www.gibraltarlaws.gov.gi/articles/2007-28o.pdf . It is your responsibility to satisfy yourself that you are familiar with the definitions and can answer the questions accurately.

War crimes:
Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 committed against persons or property including wilful killing, torture, extensive destruction and appropriation of property not justified by military necessity, unlawful deportation, the intentional targeting of civilians and the taking of hostages.

Crimes against humanity:
Acts committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against any civilian population, with knowledge of the attack. This would include offences such as murder, torture, rape, severe deprivation of physical liberty in violation of fundamental rules of international law and enforced disappearance of persons.

Genocide:
Acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.

Terrorist activities:
Any act committed, or threat of action, designed to influence a government or intimidate the public and made for the purpose of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and that involves serious violence against a person; that may endanger another person’s life; creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public; involves serious damage to property; is designed to seriously disrupt or interfere with an electronic system.

Organisation concerned in terrorism:
An organisation is concerned in terrorism if it commits or participates in acts of terrorism; prepares for terrorism; promotes or encourages terrorism (including the unlawful glorification of terrorism); or is otherwise concerned in terrorism.