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	British Overseas Territories citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The requirements for naturalisation as a BOTC depend on whether one is married to a BOTC or not.
		British Citizenship by Birth in an Overseas Territory
		BOTCs by naturalisation after 21 May 2002 who apply for registration as a British citizen (eg under s4A of the 1981 Act) must attend a second citizenship ceremony to give a Pledge to the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen (1837 words)

	British overseas territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The territories of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man, though also under the sovereignty of the British Crown, have a slightly different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom, and are consequently classed as Crown dependencies rather than overseas territories.
		The growth of the British Empire in the early 18th century, to its peak in the 1920s, saw the UK acquire over one quarter of the world's land mass, including territories with large indigenous populations in Asia and Africa, which were held for commercial and strategic reasons rather than for settlement.
		In territories with a permanent population, a Governor is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British Government, usually a retired senior military officer, or a senior civil servant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_overseas_territory (3093 words)

	Overseas Territories
		A United Kingdom overseas territory (formerly known as a dependent territory or earlier as a crown colony) is a territory that is under the sovereignty and formal control of the United Kingdom but is not part of the United Kingdom proper (Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
		Overseas territories should be distinguished from crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which have a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom), and protectorates (which were not formally under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom).
		Overseas territories have never been considered integral parts of the United Kingdom, and have never had representation in the British Parliament, on the grounds that they are separate jurisdictions.
	creekin.net /n141-overseas-territories.html (1217 words)

	british citizen - britishcitizen
		The requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen depend on whether one is married to a British citizen or not.
		British nationals (other than British citizens) who have indefinite leave to remain in the UK or right of abode, are eligible for British citizenship by registration after five years' residence in the United Kingdom.
		If you have British nationality, and are also a national of a country which does not allow dual nationality, the authorities of that country may either regard you as having lost that nationality or may refuse to recognise your British nationality.
	www.kopete.org /british-citizen.html (3995 words)

	British High Commission, Ottawa Who is eligible for Passport
		Example - you were born overseas and at the time of your birth your father was British by birth in the UK or by registration or naturalisation in the UK and your parents were legally married at the time of your birth.
		Many British women resident overseas were unaware of the announcement in 1979 and missed the opportunity to apply for citizenship on behalf of their minor children.
		British citizenship can be claimed through marriage to a spouse who was recruited in the UK to serve the Crown overseas, without the need to reside in the UK first, provided the marriage has existed for at least three years. See British Citizenshipfor forms and fees.
	www.britishhighcommission.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1109171564665 (1519 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office FAQs: The British Overseas Territories Act
		Citizenship will be non-reciprocal; residents of the UK will not have the right of abode in the Overseas Territories, as the size of the Territories and their populations would not allow the influx of possibly large numbers of outsiders.
		British Overseas citizenship (BOC) is held by people who do not have sufficient connections with any of the present Overseas Territories or Britain itself to enable them to qualify for BDTC or BC.
		British citizens from the Overseas Territories will not be subject to UK immigration controls and will therefore be able to come to the UK for purposes of leisure, study and employment without gaining prior permission.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1013618138355 (3082 words)

	British nationality - children of Indian origin born in Hong Kong
		British authorities estimate that 600 British citizenship applications from children in Hong Kong were wrongly refused on the basis of the previous guidance, mostly dating from the period July 1997 to June 1999.
		After establishing the claim to British Overseas citizenship, as long as the child continues to have no other nationality, the child will be entitled to registration as a full British citizen (with right of abode in the UK) under section 4B of the British Nationality Act 1981.
		To apply for full British citizenship (with right of abode in the UK) for the child, the parents should approach the Consular section of the British Consulate-General at 1 Supreme Court Road, Hong Kong (Tel: 2901 3050 or email: consular@bcg.org.hk) to obtain the relevant application forms, which are Guide B(OS) and Form B(OS).
	www.britishcitizen.info (1589 words)

	House of Lords - Explanatory Note
		The term "overseas territories" is now in common use both within the territories and as between their governments and the British Government.
		BOTC who become British citizens will retain their status as BOTC unless they renounce it; and they will be able to renounce British citizenship if they do not want it.
		The effect is to assimilate the qualifying territories with the United Kingdom for the purpose of calculating periods of presence which would entitle an infant or a minor, who was born outside the UK or the qualifying territories on or after the appointed day to be registered as a British citizen.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/ld200102/ldbills/004/en/02004x--.htm (2339 words)

	MN1 Registration - Section B
		Registration as a British Citizen for a child born outside the United Kingdom after 1 January 1983 where the child is likely to remain living overseas and where one (or both) of the parents is a British citizen by descent with certain parental and residential connections with the United Kingdom.
		That parent was born to a British citizen otherwise than by descent, or if it was before 1 January 1983 to a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies who became a British citizen otherwise than by descent on 1 January 1983 (or would have done so but for his or her death).
		British Dependent Territories citizenship and the dependent territories are what British overseas territories citizenship and the British overseas territories were called before 26 February 2002.
	bhc.britaus.net /passports/passportsdefault.asp?id=344 (1733 words)

	Background to British Nationality Law from BritainUSA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A British woman marrying an alien lost her British subject status automatically on marriage, before 1933 whether or not she acquired her husband's citizenship; from that date onwards she lost it only if she acquired the nationality of her husband.
		The United Kingdom legislation, the British Nationality Act 1948, created the status of British subject: Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (BS/CUKC) for all those whose connection was with the United Kingdom itself or with a place which, on 1 January 1949, was still a colony.
		Citizenship may now be transmitted through either the male of female line, except that in the case of an illegitimate child it can be acquired only through the mother.
	www.britainusa.com /consular/bnatlaw.asp (817 words)

	The United Kingdom Passport Service - Am I eligible? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		British dependent territories citizens are eligible for either a British citizen passport or a British overseas territories passport.
		If you were a British dependent territories citizen (BDTC), and became a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) in May 2002, you have the option of renewing your BDTC passport as a BOTC passport or applying for a British citizen passport.
		British overseas citizens are eligible for British Overseas citizen passport.
	www.ukpa.gov.uk /textonly/english/t_rules_ami.asp (1064 words)

	British Overseas Territories Act 2002
		(b) for "British Dependent Territories citizen" (or "British Dependent Territories citizens"), wherever occurring, substitute "British overseas territories citizen" (or "British overseas territories citizens").
		(b) if at that time he was a British citizen as well as a British overseas territories citizen, he was a British citizen by descent.
		(4) A person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of subsection (3) is such a citizen by descent for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /acts/acts2002/20008--a.htm (922 words)

	The British Embassy Copenhagen
		British citizens with machine-readable passports containing a digital photo image will not require a visa to visit the USA because they meet the criteria of the 26 October 2005 VWP deadline.
		British citizens with machine-readable passports but without a digital photo will still be able to visit the USA visa free as their passport was issued before the 26 October 2005 deadline.
		British passports are also issued to British subjects, British Protected Persons and British Nationals (Overseas) (the latter is acquired through a connection to Hong Kong only).
	www2.britishembassy.dk /?id=5 (730 words)

	British High Commission, New Zealand Nationality General Information
		This is not the case, however, at either the British High Commission in Wellington or the British Consulate General in Auckland, due to the high standard of local registration available in New Zealand.
		BN1: British Citizenship- please read this leaflet if you want to know whether you are a British citizen or if you wish to apply for British citizenship.
		BN9: Citizenship of Children who were born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983 - please read this leaflet if you want to know whether a child born in the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983 is a British citizen.
	www.britishembassy.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1091892205948 (982 words)

	British Virgin Islands - Island Sun Newspaper
		A cornerstone of the new approach set out in the White Paper was the proposal to grant British citizenship to British Dependent Territories citizens in qualifying territories, to give proper recognition of their British connection and to lift the limitation that BDTC status carries with it.
		She explained that the proposed citizenship provisions in the Bill apply to all territories except the sovereign base areas of Cyprus, which are excluded by virtue of
		There are 14 British Overseas Territories - Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, St. Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the sovereign base areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on Cyprus and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
	www.islandsun.com /2001-July/200701/local6-v5i18.html (579 words)

	Caribbean Net News: British Foreign Office error creates technical problem for Cayman elections
		The constitutional amendment approved by the Privy Council on 27 July was designed to correct an anomaly created by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, which would have disqualified eligible persons holding both British Overseas Territories citizenship and British citizenship from standing for election.
		The error was caused by the omission of the qualifying words “by virtue of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002” to define “British Citizenship,” resulting in the potential for any British citizen (who is qualified in all other respects) to be nominated, said Cabinet Secretary Orrett Connor.
		By the omission of the phrase “by virtue of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002,” any eligible person who is a British Overseas Territories Citizen and who is also a British Citizen (any British citizen) can technically be elected to the Legislative Assembly in November.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /2004/08/23/error.htm (640 words)

	British Dependent Territories citizens to be given British Citizenship
		It grants the right of citizenship to all inhabitants of Britain's overseas territories and formally abolishes the term 'colony'.
		It allow those people who were British Dependent citizens to live, train and work in Britain, or anywhere else in the European Union.
		Many of the inhabitants had full British citizenship before 1981, when the Conservative government took the right away from all dependent territories in order to stop residents of Hong Kong moving to Britain prior to being handed over to China.
	www.workpermit.com /news/uk23.htm (183 words)

	Citizenship: Countries currently in the Commonwealth and the British Overseas Territories, LDC
		Citizenship: Countries currently in the Commonwealth and the British Overseas Territories
		Citizenship: Countries currently in the Commonwealth and the British Overseas Territories (7.927kb, coun_citizenship.pdf)
		Citizenship: Countries currently in the Commonwealth and the British Overseas Territories (35.327kb, coun_citizenship.doc)
	www.lewes.gov.uk /council/3825.htm (72 words)

	The United Kingdom Passport Service - UKPS News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This is the effect of the commencement of the British citizenship provision of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002, which has already re-named British Dependant Territories citizenship as British Overseas Territories citizenship.
		If you are a British Overseas Territories citizen you will therefore have the option of renewing your BDTC passport as a BOTC passport or applying for a British citizen passport.
		Applications for British citizen passports must be made as first applications, with a countersigned form and original supporting documents.
	www.ukpa.gov.uk /textonly/english/T_news.asp (770 words)

	Immigration and Nationality Directorate \| Advice about nationality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		BN1: British citizenship - please read this leaflet if you want to know whether you are a British citizen or if you wish to apply for British citizenship.
		BN2: British Overseas citizenship - please read this leaflet if you want to know whether you are a British Overseas citizen or if you wish to apply for British Overseas citizenship.
		Registration as a British citizen who is a United Kingdom national for EC purposes (Form G and Guide G).
	www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk /applying/nationality/advice (1025 words)

	Immigration and Nationality Directorate \| BN18 - Information about dual nationality (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		If you get British nationality, and are also a national of a country which does not allow dual nationality, the authorities of that country may either regard you as having lost that nationality or may refuse to recognise your new nationality.
		If you are a British national, and you get the nationality of a country which does not allow dual nationality, you may be required by the other country to renounce (give up) your British nationality.
		If you renounced your British citizenship or British overseas territories citizenship (see Note below) to keep or get another citizenship, you have a right to be registered and resume the citizenship you renounced but you can make use of this only once.
	www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk /applying/nationality/advice/bn18 (830 words)

	Kingsley Napley - BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES ACT 2002
		In the past, many of the inhabitants were classified as British subjects and enjoyed full rights of access to the UK normally associated with citizenship.
		This process culminated in the 1981 British Nationality Act which introduced new categories of British citizenship including that of British Dependent Territories citizenship, which gave only limited rights of access to and no right to stay in the UK.
		There are a number of exceptions to and qualifying conditions for full British citizenship under the new law.
	www.kingsleynapley.co.uk /main.asp?page=472 (287 words)

	Chess Scotland
		The outcome of the discussion was a new agreement to recognise as British Champions the winners of the respective British Championships held at the annual congress organised by the BCF.
		1 The drafting of 2 reflects the provisions of the British Nationality Act 1981 and British Overseas Territories Act 2002 which replaced Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies with (i) British Citizenship (ii) British Overseas Territories Citizenship and (iii) British Overseas Citizenship.
		British Citizenship includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Under Section 3 of the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 Act certain British Overseas Territories Citizens became British Citizens in any event.
	www.chessscotland.com /csinfo/britelig.htm (920 words)

	Island Sun Newspaper
		He said that people with BVI lineage who were born overseas should be deemed to belong.
		He said that people should have the right to choose which country they want to become a citizen of and still remain a citizen of their birth country.
		Elmore Stoutt commended the Constitutional Commissioners and said that the Territory was in need of a new administrative structure, and a sixth Minister will also be helpful to take some of the burden from the other Ministers.
	www.islandsun.com /2005-October/29102005/local4-v16i4.html (935 words)

	British Citizenship For Overseas Territories
		A bill to give the citizens of the UK's fourteen overseas territories full British citizenship is expected to clear the House of Lords today and to have its first reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday.
		Under the legislation, current British citizens will not be given any reciprocal rights to live and work in the overseas territories.
		Speaking in the House of Lords in July, Baroness Amos, the under-secretary of state for overseas territories at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said: “There is no compulsion about acquiring British citizenship.
	www.lowtax.net /asp/story/frontstory.asp?storyname=6044 (561 words)

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