How do you become a British citizen?

How does one become a British citizen? Here you take a test on basic facts like first president, current president and the branches of the government.

 

One becomes a British Citizen by traveling here from a war zone (well, according to the tabloids anyway!)

 

Why Would You Want To?

 

haha, ill 2nd the last reply

 

I've dropped my british citizenship in the rubbish and applied for the Republic of Ireland citizenship.
is the grass greener?

~

 

I was just wondering how it was done there. I am not sure if I would want to become a citizen or just apply for a work visa.

 

Basically you just stay here for about 6 months or something, filling in a few forms and stuff. Oh and you can still join EVEN if you have a cousin who once read a few pages of Das Kapital before finding it too difficult to comprehend, or EVEN if you've ever lived in the same street as a bloke who once went to a mosque because he was curious.

Unless you are a top athlete from a country that everyone despises over a racial issue looking for a new country to play for in order to be able to run in the olympics, in which case the British government will rush through your citizenship in order to actually win a medal.

Not that I've got anything against Miss Budd, mind - she was a great advert for barefooters after all.

 

Well I am top cricket player in my state. JK! I don't even know what cricket is. lol

 

Ah. Cricket. So popular, and yet so crap. I'd explain the rules to you but I'd fall asleep typing them out so you'd priobably be in a coma about half way into reading them.

If you want to get into a proper English sport, other than football (which is very much a global game) then I recommend Rugby. It's an institution - it really is! Other countries play it too, but it's mainly the British commonwealth. All the British Nations have reasonable teams, although Wales and Scotland have dipped in form recently. Ireland haev an Excellent team and England are World Champions. It's also pretty big in France. Australia love cricket and rugby, and New Zealand don't talk about anything BUT rugby. (Over there, local news is rugby, national news is rugby, and international news is Australian rugby). The surrounding Pacific islands like Fiji and Samoa also take it pretty seriously.

In the world cup just gone, the USA and Canada both out teams, as did Japan and all three acquitted themselves pretty well.

You can think of Rugby as like American Football, but with rules.

 

Some of my friends at university play rugby. I am trying to form a team here, so far we have just three guys but word is spreading. Maybe we can get enough guys to have a proper game. I'll watch but probably won't play. It looks kind of rough.

I did see a cricket match on an episode of "Are you being served, again?" on BBC America. It did look quite boring, kinda like American baseball, which is so boring you have to get drunk to enjoy it.

An the only time I watch American football is the Super Bowl. I watch mainly for the commercials, half time show and to know who won so I can talk about it at work the next day.

 

You watch it FOR the adverts? Blimey! I knew America had a lot of adverts on the telly but I always thought that was because the TVs sold out to companies and took loads of money and therefore showed loads of adverts. It never ocurred to me that viewers actually enjoyed watching them! Maybe the adverts are really good over there.


They're positively scheidt over here - a right pain in the arse most of the time. Also I've noticed that American sports are divided into a large number of playing periods in order for the Television channels to squeeze more adverts in.

But well. If you think Baseball's boring - I tell you it's pure entertainment in comparison with cricket (but what is it with that electric organ anthem they play before each game? you do know it's shit? It IS shit isn't it?). When there's cricket on telly I generally turn it on to see the current score. Watch for about an over or two, get bored go and do something else, and then come back later and check the score again.

Unless England are playing, as then the wickets fly by and it actually looks like something's happening - England are not a good side when it comes to international test cricket even though they invented the game. Australia are probably still the strongest team, but India, Pakistan and South Africa also have very good sides. Having said that, England did win the first two tests in the current series against the West Indies.

I suppose, when faced with Cricket, I might rather watch the adverts too, but I have a third option of going and maknig a cup of tea. Or doing some painting just so that I can watch it dry.

So do you play Rugby Union or Rugby League? I'm more of a Union person myself - I'm big and strong and slow - so I'm not suited to League which is all about running around and not so much about the contact. I got brought up on Union at school as well, that's where I learnt to play. Haven't played Rugby in ages though.

 

You watch it FOR the adverts? Blimey! I knew America had a lot of adverts on the telly but I always thought that was because the TVs sold out to companies and took loads of money and therefore showed loads of adverts. It never ocurred to me that viewers actually enjoyed watching them! Maybe the adverts are really good over there.

Well when a commercial costs $2 million, it better be good. The airtime for commericals is sold to companies over here. It is only at times like the Super Bowl or Oscars that prices are outright insane.


They're positively scheidt over here - a right pain in the arse most of the time. Also I've noticed that American sports are divided into a large number of playing periods in order for the Television channels to squeeze more adverts in.

American sports are as you say "divided into a large number of playing periods" but often run over and pre-empt other programs.

But well. If you think Baseball's boring - I tell you it's pure entertainment in comparison with cricket (but what is it with that electric organ anthem they play before each game? you do know it's shit? It IS shit isn't it?). When there's cricket on telly I generally turn it on to see the current score. Watch for about an over or two, get bored go and do something else, and then come back later and check the score again.

I am not sure about the organ.


So do you play Rugby Union or Rugby League? I'm more of a Union person myself - I'm big and strong and slow - so I'm not suited to League which is all about running around and not so much about the contact. I got brought up on Union at school as well, that's where I learnt to play. Haven't played Rugby in ages though.

I just got into the sport so I don't know much about it yet. I've got to go work now. Talk to ya later.

 

Shary, you pretty much have to marry a British guy.......although i could become an Irish citizen through my grandmother, do you have any relatives that came over from there, they have very cool rules about decendants getting to become a citizen, and then you've got the whole EU to work in.

 

ah, cricket on the beach, completley different game. You can play nonstop, tip and run, all sorts of variants to make it less dull.

But most of cricket is watching. You're either waiting in the pavillion to go into bad, waiting for the ball to come your way if you're fielding, waiting for your turn to bowl, or waiting for the next innings because you're already out. The only reason it's actually a sport that involves excercise, is when you do do a bit of running, you've got to do it wearing all those pads and a helmet and carring a big heavy bat around with you.

 

I wouldn't mind marrying a british guy, I sure can't seem to find one here. I am a descendant of English, Irish and Scottish people.

 

Maybe all this super boring cricket talk will change your mind about both going there and marrying a british guy

Find out how long ago they came over from Ireland, thats the only member of the UK cool enough to have this rule...my grandmas parents, my great grandparents both came over from Ireland, so thats how i could do it, they set it up for all of their decendants so they could go back after the potato famine ended.

 

Just so you know, international news ALSO happens to be when the All Blacks beat the "world champions" twice in two weeks.

 

Just for your information, I support Ireland

 

I support Ireland when we're winning!

 

Well you must be supporting Ireland at the moment. If it wasn't for those pesky frogs we'd have won the grand slam, and probably the world cup as well!