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It is not specifically related. I would just like to know what form (if any) of "citizenship" a non - ROA, registered CUKC from a foreign country became in 1983. Or did they just lose all status and drop off the planet as far as the British government was concerned?CR001 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 2:02 pmIs this query related to you other topic?
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Thank you!contorted_svy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:23 pmUntil they acquired another citizenship, they would be British subjects but not British citizens.
Not quite correct. British subjects without citizenship is mostly limited to those who were British subjects before 1948, but who subsequently did not qualify for citizenship of Ireland or any Commonwealth country, including the UK and Colonies. Most British subjects without citizenship would be so with relationship to Ireland or the Indian sub-continent and would only apply to those who did not automatically become Irish, Indian or Pakistani citizens at the time their nationality laws came into effect.contorted_svy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:23 pmUntil they acquired another citizenship, they would be British subjects but not British citizens.
Under what provision of the 1948 Act were such a person registered as a British citizen? Was any of their grandparents born in the UK?
Hi secret.simon! Registered under BNA 1948, Section 5 (1)(b).secret.simon wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:01 pmTo answer the question in the subject, yes, all CUKCs would have received a new citizenship on 1st January 1983. Those who did not become British citizens or British Dependent Territories Citizens (now British Overseas Territories Citizens) on 1st January 1983 became British Overseas Citizens, a residual category that was designed to die out as it could not be inherited and which gave no right of abode in the UK.Not quite correct. British subjects without citizenship is mostly limited to those who were British subjects before 1948, but who subsequently did not qualify for citizenship of Ireland or any Commonwealth country, including the UK and Colonies. Most British subjects without citizenship would be so with relationship to Ireland or the Indian sub-continent and would only apply to those who did not automatically become Irish, Indian or Pakistani citizens at the time their nationality laws came into effect.contorted_svy wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:23 pmUntil they acquired another citizenship, they would be British subjects but not British citizens.
A CUKC who did not have RoA on 1st January 1983 became a British Overseas Citizen (BOC) on 1st January 1983. They can retain their status as a BOC and hold a BOC passport for their lifetime, but (a) they can't pass it on to their children and (b) they don't have the Right of Abode in the UK. Essentially, all a BOC status entitles them to is access to British consular assistance overseas/outside the UK.
Under what provision of the 1948 Act were such a person registered as a British citizen? Was any of their grandparents born in the UK?