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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by gaius on Monday July 28, 2008 @02:35PM (#259404)
Scotland's fairly lenient; I've a Canadian friend whose (IIRC) great-grandfather was Scottish and he got in with no problems. Not long after that I signed his citizenship papers.
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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by garrydanger on Monday July 28, 2008 @02:54PM (#259440)
Don't the same laws that apply to Scotland also apply to England and Northen Ireland seeings as they are all states inside of the United Kingdom?
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Re:Ask YC: Where's the escape hatch? I'd like to leave the U... by gaius on Monday July 28, 2008 @03:02PM (#259453)
I'm not entirely sure about this, but I think Scotland allows more generations ago than England. But yes, once you're in you can work anywhere in the UK.
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