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Old September 26th, 2004, 01:06 PM
SP Cook
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"R J Carpenter" wrote in message


Strange they do not need to speak Dutch. What's that about?? If you
are converting to being a Dutch National how can you not without
speaking the language? Most documents in the Dutch Antilles are in
Dutch (ABC Islands anyway, and the education is all in Dutch at this
time.


So English is the common language between locals of the two halves of the
island, a situation you don't have on the ABC islands.


Is this not a Dutch citizenship, much like the British citizenship
common in the colonies, WITHOUT the right of abode in the Netherlands?
Its citizenship in the KINGDOM of the Netherlands, which is made up
of the mainland and the two Carribbean political entities, not
citizenship in the Netherlands proper, and with it Euro-zone wide
rights, including the right to live anywhere you want in Europe.

In effect, this is St. Maarten citizenship. Which is why the exam
would be in English and be about the cutlure of the Antilles, the
KINGDOM constitution, and the Antillian government.

This would be a program for immigrants from other nearby islands, or
from the French side of that island, wanting to normalize their
relationship with the government.