How will citizenship in Scotland be determined?
Answer:
At independence any UK citizen and anyone normally resident is entitled to become a citizen. Immigration and naturalisation rules need to be set at the time of independence too.
Full answer here: Who gets to be a citizen and how do you set up immigration rules?
Building a New Scotland: citizenship in an independent Scotland
Author / Creator: Scottish Government
Media type: Document
Date published: 2023
Scotland is an open, inclusive and welcoming country.
Unions and Citizens: Membership Status and Political Rights in the Scotland, the UK and the EU
Author / Creator: Jo Shaw
Media type: Academic Paper
Date published:
This paper explores the viability of the UK as a union state. It considers Scottish, UK, and EU citizenship.
A Scottish Approach to immigration post-Brexit
Author / Creator: Mark Butterly
Media type: Policy Paper
Date published: November 2017
A devolved immigration policy is needed for Scotland that would be designed to meet the country’s specific demographic challenges while strengthening universal rights for all workers.