Just over half of the 44 people who were sworn in as citizens of The Bahamas less than two weeks before the Ingraham administration was voted out of office were born in The Bahamas, but 14 of them spent a great part of their childhood in Haiti, according to information from the Department of Immigration.
Ten of the 28 new citizens who were born in The Bahamas lived here all their lives.

The 44 new citizens were sworn in on April 26, but it is unclear whether this was the final group of citizens to be sworn in under the former government.
Some of the new citizens who were born elsewhere, including Haiti, have lived in The Bahamas for more than 10 years.
The new citizens were not able to vote in the recent general election, as voter registration had come to an end by the time they became Bahamians.
The individuals who were born in The Bahamas had a constitutional entitlement to apply for citizenship. Many of them are in their early 20s.
According to the information, some of them were taken to Haiti within a year or two of their birth.
For example, one new citizen born in 1986 was taken to Haiti in 1988 and returned to The Bahamas in 2005. Another was born in 1983, taken to Haiti in 1986 and returned to The Bahamas in 2001.
The new citizens have last names like Christian, Polynice, Clervil, Francois, Monsieur, St. Luc and Delhomme.
One new citizen is 38 years old. He was born in The Bahamas, lived here all his life, but missed the deadline to apply at age 18.
Children born in The Bahamas to non-Bahamian mothers are not automatically Bahamian citizens. The Bahamas Constitution provides that people born in The Bahamas to non-Bahamians could apply for citizenship on their 18th birthday or within the following 12 months.
As a result, many children born to illegal immigrants have become Bahamian citizens.
Two new citizens were born in Guyana and have lived here for 22 years. Another was born in Nairobi, Kenya, has been here 10 years and is married to a Bahamian citizen.
A woman born in Port de Paix, Haiti, who lived in The Bahamas for 15 years and is married to a Bahamian also got citizenship recently. Another new citizen was born in Kingston, Jamaica, has been in The Bahamas for 20 years and is married to a Bahamian.
Four new young citizens born in the United States were only periodic visitors to The Bahamas when they received Bahamian citizenship. Their mothers are Bahamian citizens.
The Nassau Guardian previously revealed that 151 people were sworn in as Bahamian citizens between November 18, 2011 and January 13, 2012.
Most of them were born in The Bahamas to foreigners and lived here all their lives, but some of them also spent part of their childhood in Haiti.
New Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell has met hundreds of citizenship applications, according to documents obtained by The Nassau Guardian.
Some of these applications stretch back to the 1990s. According to notations from immigration officials, many of the applicants can no longer be reached and a few of them are being investigated for having documents identical to other applicants.
Many of the people seeking citizenship were born in Abaco, where Haitian immigrants make up a substantial portion of the population.
In 2003, 76 or 63 percent of all babies born at the Marsh Harbour Clinic were to Haitian mothers, while 45 or 38 percent were to Bahamian mothers.
According to the Ministry of Health, this is the first district in which the number of infants born to Haitians was greater than the number of infants born to Bahamians.
One of the people sworn in on April 26 was born in Abaco and has lived in The Bahamas all her life.

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