British Citizenship: Types of Citizenship

British Citizen

British Overseas Territories Citizenship (BOTC)

Member of EU therefore also have rights to live work and vote anywhere within the EU and to be protected by EU laws.

Full citizenship rights

Right to be protected by UK

Right to vote in UK

Right to live in UK

Right to work in UK

Most common

Citizens who live in one of the 14 small areas classed as the British Overseas Territory.

Gibraltar

Have full British Citizenship rights since 2001

BOTC is the only type of citizenship that gives you an automatic right to live, work, vote and be protected by the UK/EU

Akrotiri

British Indian Ocean Terriroty

Saint Helena

South Georgia

British Antartic Territory

Fawkland Islands

Pitcairn Island

Caymen Island

Turks & Caicos Island

Monterrat

Angulla

British Virgin Islands

Bermuda

Former Colony's

Citizens from former colony's have 4 types of of citizenship depending upon the country they came from and the relationship it had with the UK.

British Overseas Citizens

British Subjects

British Nationals

Bristih protected persons

These are now largely symbolic and do not allow a person to live in Britian or the EU

Any person wishing to become a british citizen mst now apply to the crown.