Registering as a British Citizen and the British Overseas Territories Citizen

• If they were a citizen of the UK or the Colonies on the last day of the year 1982
• Due to connection with the overseas territories or Britain due to the same place as birth of parents or grandparent who already were registered for this territory
• Also, any woman who was married to a male who had a British overseas Territories citizen on January 1 1983, automatically becomes eligible for the same

For all those who were born on or after the 1st of January 1983

The person is a British overseas Territories citizen if they abide by the following

• The person must have been born in a British overseas Territory
• At the time of birth, one parent must have been legally settled in a British overseas Territory or should have had the British overseas Territories citizen

Also, a person is British overseas Territories citizen, if any one of the following is applicable

• If the person was adopted in an overseas territory by a person who possessed British overseas Territories citizen
• Also, any person who is born outside the overseas territory but to a parent who had the British overseas Territories citizenship on their own, either naturally or by descent

Rights a person enjoys as a British overseas Territories citizen

• They can have a passport for Britain
• Also consular assistance and protection from diplomatic posts in the UK is available Still there are some restrictions
• As immigration control still stays and the person does not have right to work or live in the UK automatically
• The European Union does not consider the person to be a UK national

Another way

Any person automatically becomes a British overseas Territories citizen if the same was gained due to a collection with the qualifying territory under which many places are included, those are

• Anguilla
• Bermuda
• British Antarctic Territory
• British Indian Ocean Territory
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Falkland Islands
• Gibraltar
• Montserrat
• Pitcairn Islands
• Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
• South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
• Turks and Caicos Islands

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