British Overseas citizenship

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class of British nationality form of British nationality

British Overseas citizenship is a residual form of British nationality held mainly by people with historic ties to former British colonies, which generally does not confer the right of abode in the United Kingdom.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
British Overseas citizen	1
Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	class of British nationality ⓘ form of British nationality ⓘ
acquisition	in limited circumstances by registration ⓘ primarily by operation of law on 1 January 1983 ⓘ
administeredBy	Home Office of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ UK Visas and Immigration NERFINISHED ⓘ
canBeUpgradedTo	British citizenship in certain statelessness-prevention cases ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	British Nationality Act 1981 NERFINISHED ⓘ
distinctFrom	British National (Overseas) NERFINISHED ⓘ British Overseas Territories citizenship NERFINISHED ⓘ British citizenship ⓘ British protected person status ⓘ British subject status NERFINISHED ⓘ
doesNotAutomaticallyConfer	British citizenship NERFINISHED ⓘ right to live in any British Overseas Territory ⓘ
doesNotAutomaticallyGrant	access to UK public funds ⓘ right to work in the United Kingdom ⓘ
doesNotConfer	right of abode in the United Kingdom ⓘ
effectiveFrom	1 January 1983 ⓘ
governingLegislation	Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 NERFINISHED ⓘ British Nationality Act 1981 NERFINISHED ⓘ Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nationality and Borders Act 2022 NERFINISHED ⓘ Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ
heldMainlyBy	people with historic ties to former British colonies ⓘ
holderIs	British national ⓘ
holderIsNotNecessarily	British citizen ⓘ
isConsidered	historic or residual nationality category ⓘ
isNot	qualifying status for full European Union citizenship before Brexit ⓘ
isResidualFormOf	British nationality ⓘ
isSubcategoryOf	British nationality without right of abode ⓘ
legalStatus	British national status ⓘ
loss	possible by deprivation in specific statutory circumstances ⓘ possible by voluntary renunciation ⓘ
mayConfer	consular protection by the United Kingdom ⓘ eligibility to apply for a British passport ⓘ
passportIssued	British Overseas citizen passport NERFINISHED ⓘ
populationTrend	declining over time due to naturalisation and death of holders ⓘ
predecessorStatus	Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies ⓘ
rightsInclude	ability to receive UK consular assistance abroad ⓘ eligibility to apply for certain UK visas under British national categories ⓘ
shortName	BOC NERFINISHED ⓘ
statelessnessSafeguards	special registration routes for otherwise stateless BOCs and their children ⓘ
typicalHolders	persons connected with former colonies who did not acquire that country’s citizenship at independence ⓘ persons with complex or residual colonial nationality links ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British citizenship → coexistsWith → British Overseas citizenship ⓘ

British Nationality Act 1981 → createdCitizenshipCategory → British Overseas citizenship ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Overseas citizen

British nationality law → governs → British Overseas citizenship ⓘ

Trinidad and Tobago nationality law → historicalPrecursor → British Overseas citizenship ⓘ

this entity surface form: Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies