Immigration officials.

Copies of the final edition of the Bermudian Status by Birth or Grant Register are now on display at post offices and the Immigration Department.

But the master copy will be updated every month following verification of official objections from Bermudians not on it.

There is no requirement to be on the list, Status and Naturalisation Officer Ms Maryanne Scott stressed this week.

But it could make life easier for those who travel a lot, need visas or are applying for things such as scholarships where proof of citizenship is required.

Ms Scott assured that no one would be denied a job or entry into Bermuda if they were Bermudian but their name was not on the list.

There have been a total of 218 objections from people not on the first, second and third drafts of the list (the fourth was the final list), or whose names were misspelled or who think a name was wrongly included (two percent of the total).

She urged any Bermudian not on the list to visit the Immigration Department and fill out the required form. "We simply needed an administrative tool that was a quick and easy way of telling a person they were Bermudian,'' she explained.

The Department went from 300 to 1,000 requests a year for documentation of Bermuda status, she said.

In the past, Bermudians had to gather and file with the Department several documents at a fee of $20-plus in order to obtain letters of proof of citizenship.

As a result of the compiling of the register, if a person's name appears on it, they need only to make one telephone call to obtain such letters.

But if a name is not listed, the person will have to resort to the "old way'' of getting verification, Ms Scott said.

The register is a list of names of everyone registered to vote in any of the four years, 1989 to 1992, except those without Bermudian status who were registered as electors on May 1, 1976 as permitted at the time.

The final list also includes verified objections since the first, second and third drafts were displayed.

Anyone left off the list can file an official objection by going to the Immigration Department and filling out the proper form and paying a refundable five dollars.

Ms Scott noted there were several thousand children not on the register because they were not old enough to vote by 1992. They can be added if their parents fill out a simple form.