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.