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Ads by Google      Background to British Nationality Law from BritainUSA This country had no nationality law until the coming into force, on 1 January 1915, of the British Nationality & Status of Aliens Act 1914. There was no longer any restriction on the holding of dual nationality and persons acquiring citizenship of a foreign state did not automatically lose British nationality as a result. A British woman marrying an alien lost her British subject status automatically on marriage, before 1933 whether or not she acquired her husband's citizenship; from that date onwards she lost it only if she acquired the nationality of her husband. http://www.britainusa.com/consular/bnatlaw.asp   (830 words)      Background to British Nationality Law from BritainUSA This country had no nationality law until the coming into force, on 1 January 1915, of the British Nationality& Status of Aliens Act 1914. There was no longer any restriction on the holding of dual nationality and persons acquiring citizenship of a foreign state did not automatically lose British nationality as a result. A British woman marrying an alien lost her British subject status automatically on marriage, before 1933 whether or not she acquired her husband's citizenship; from that date onwards she lost it only if she acquired the nationality of her husband. http://www.britainusa.com/consular/bnatlaw.asp   (830 words)      British nationality - children of Indian origin born in Hong Kong After establishing the claim to British Overseas citizenship, as long as the child continues to have no other nationality, the child will be entitled to registration as a full British citizen (with right of abode in the UK) under section 4B of the British Nationality Act 1981. The British authorities have recently confirmed under what circumstances a person who is a British Overseas citizen by virtue of article 6(2) or 6(3) of the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 can be registered as a British citizen. Under the revised law, a child born to an Indian citizen abroad on or after 3 December 2004 shall not be a citizen of India, unless the birth is registered at an Indian Consulate within one year of the date of birth or with the permission of the Central Government after that time period. http://www.britishcitizen.info   (1094 words)      British Nationality Act In section 13(3) (power to make changes in nationality or citizenship law in certain events), for "citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies" substitute "British Dependent Territories citizens or British Overseas citizens". (b)a person who under the British Nationality Act 1981 is a British subject; or (i) his intentions are such that, in the event of a certificate of naturalisation as a British citizen being granted to him, his home or (if he has more than one) his principal home will be in the United Kingdom; or http://www.brettalcorn.com/bna/schedule.html   (1094 words)      Read the Small Print on Indian Overseas Citizenship Offer, Warns British Immigration NGO Therefore it is a requirement that a British Overseas Citizen, British Subject or a British Protected Person must possess no other citizenship or nationality to qualify for registration as a British citizen, and this will include Overseas Citizenship of India. On 16 June 2005, the Indian Government decided to offer Overseas Citizenship of India to all Indians who migrated from their country after 26 January 1950 as long as their home countries allow dual citizenship under their law. Hundreds of people of Indian origin could jeopardise their claim to British citizenship if they rush to take advantage of the Indian Government’s latest offer of Overseas citizenship. http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/8/prweb270791.htm   (362 words)      Encyclopedia: British nationality law Present-day British nationality law is largely based on the British Nationality Act 1981, which established the current system of multiple categories of British nationality, viz. In British nationality law, the status of British Overseas citizen (BOC) is one of several categories of British national. Under amendments made by the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, British nationals can be deprived of their citizenship if the Secretary of State is satisfied they are responsible for acts seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom or an Overseas Territory. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-nationality-law   (6172 words)      British nationality law: Encyclopedia topic If you have British nationality, and are also a national of a country which does not allow dual nationality, the authorities of that country may either regard you as having lost that nationality or may refuse to recognise your British nationality. Under the recent Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, British nationals can be deprived of their citizenship if the Secretary of State is satisfied they are responsible for acts seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom or an Overseas Territory. While the British Nationality Act 1981 provides that both fathers (if the child is legitimate) and mothers can pass on British citizenship to their children, the British Nationality Act 1948 did not allow women to pass on their citizenship. http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/british_nationality_law   (3969 words)      Immigration & Nationality Directorate - BN18 - Information about dual nationality If you get British nationality, and are also a national of a country which does not allow dual nationality, the authorities of that country may either regard you as having lost that nationality or may refuse to recognise your new nationality. Under the nationality laws of some countries, a married person automatically has his or her partner's nationality and children have a parent's nationality wherever they were born. If you are a British national, and you get the nationality of a country which does not allow dual nationality, you may be required by the other country to renounce (give up) your British nationality. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/british_nationality/advice_about_nationality/bn18_-_dual_nationality.html   (3969 words)      Encyclopedia: British nationality law British nationality law has its origins in mediaeval times. British subjects (other than British subjects by virtue of a connexion with British Ireland) and British protected persons will lose their British nationality upon acquiring any other form of nationality, whether British, Commonwealth or foreign. British National (Overseas) status was given effect by the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-nationality-law   (3969 words)      WKA2.html 741) "of nationality by descent, is foreign to the principles of the common law, and is based wholly upon statutory enactments." It has been pertinently observed that if the statute of Edward III had only been declaratory of the common law, the subsequent legislation on the subject would have been wholly unnecessary. Dicey, that act has not affected the principle by which any person who, whatever the nationality of his parents, is born within the British dominions, acquires British nationality at birth, and is a natural-born British subject. Justice Story, held that the case must rest for its decision exclusively upon the principles of the common law; and treated it as unquestionable that by that law a child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject; quoting the statement of Lord Coke in Co. Lit. http://www.angelfire.com/la/lawgiver/WKA2.html   (3969 words)      ipedia.com: British nationality law Article However, some British subjects never became citizens of any country, chiefly from Ireland, as a result of its withdrawal from the Commonwealth in 1949, and India and Pakistan, because the British Government refused to recognise their nationality laws, which did not provide for citizenship for everyone who was born in their countries. British nationality law has its origins in mediaeval times. Under the recent Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, British nationals can be deprived of their citizenship if the Secretary of State is satisfied they are responsible for acts seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the United Kingdom or an Overseas Territory. http://www.ipedia.com/british_nationality_law.html   (2017 words)      Reference.com/Encyclopedia/British nationality law If you have British nationality, and are also a national of a country which does not allow dual nationality, the authorities of that country may either regard you as having lost that nationality or may refuse to recognise your British nationality. A woman who was registered under section 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1948 on or after 28 October 1971, unless she got married before that date and her husband has the right of abode. In general there is no restriction, in United Kingdom law, on a British national being a citizen of another country as well. http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/British_nationality_law   (4551 words)      British Nationality Law : British citizenship It uses material from the wikipedia article British Nationality Law: British citizenship. British citizenship article @ Euro Online Encyclopedia'>British Nationality Law: British citizenship British citizenship article @ Euro Online Encyclopedia'>British Nationality Law: British citizenship article at Free Euro Online Encyclopedia http://www.eurofreehost.com/br/British_citizenship.html   (94 words)      Nationality And Passports: British Nationality - The Irish Dimension The British Nationality Act 1948 created a citizenship of the UK and Colonies for those people who had a link to the UK (as it was in 1948) and the colonies which were British at the time. The first aspect of the issue is to differentiate between British citizenship and British nationality, and the second is to clarify the distinction between holding British nationality and the 'right of abode' in the United Kingdom. Other citizens of the UK and Colonies were granted subsidiary categories of British nationality such as British Overseas citizenship which give no right to enter and live in the UK. http://www.reform.org/TheReformMovement_files/article_files/Treaties/citizenship.htm   (3243 words)      ACM Hot News: Loyal Subjects At common law (the customary law which came to us with the settlement in 1788, and which has since evolved), confirmed by Imperial legislation (the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act, 1914 (UK)), any person born in Australia was a “natural born British subject”. The result in law is that we are now both Australian citizens and subjects of The Queen of Australia, but that we are no longer British subjects. But after 1 May 1987, all reference to the status of “British subject” - for the purposes of Australian law - disappeared under the Australian Citizens Amendment Act, 1984 (Cth). http://www.norepublic.com.au/Hot_News_Archives/2002_Loyal_Subjects_Jun17.htm   (3243 words)      History of British nationality law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland British nationality law has its origins in mediæval times. The loss of nationality at marriage was changed with the adoption of the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_British_nationality_law   (5203 words)      Treaty of Peace with Turkey, 24 July 1923 Turkish nationals ordinarily resident in Cyprus on the coming into force of the present Treaty who, at that date, have acquired or are in process of acquiring British nationality in consequence of a request made in accordance with the local law, will also thereupon lose their Turkish nationality. The inhabitants of territories detached from Turkey under the present Treaty shall, notwithstanding this transfer and the change of nationality consequent thereon, continue in complete enjoyment in Turkey of all the rights in industrial, literary and artistic property to which they were entitled under Ottoman law at the time of transfer. Turkey also agrees not to claim from the British Government or its nationals the repayment of the sums paid for the warships ordered in England by the Ottoman Government which were requisitioned by the British Government in 1914, and renounces all claims in the matter. http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1918p/lausanne.html   (5203 words)      idcards Close examination of the convention led the Government to conclude that, because of the discrepancies between current British nationality law and the convention, it would not be possible to sign and ratify the convention without amending the law. It may be said that the removal of “the former” citizenship/ nationality might only apply to such as one direct nationality to another, (Chinese/ British) the words in the European Convention on Nationality which all Member States are expected to sign, are perfectly clear. It is suggested, as already mentioned, by the Convention on the future of Europe, that “European citizens” be given “Dual Citizenship” and for this I turn to the Council of Europe’s “European Convention on Nationality” and the definitions of Citizenship and Nationality. http://www.geocities.com/annestgeorge/idcards   (2420 words)      Article: Towards a European Nationality Law, vol. 8.3 The nationality of a Member State is to be determined exclusively on the basis of the national law of that Member State and not by Community law. The implication of the standpoint that someone residing in a different Member State of the EC may not lose his or her nationality is that in the end all regulations concerning the loss of nationality are fundamentally forbidden under Community law, because they go hand in hand with the loss of Community rights. In the context of the EC Treaty and the Draft Constitution, however, it is obvious that 'nationality' refers to the formal link between a person and a state, irrespective of how this link is called under national law, whereas 'citizenship of the Union' refers to the newly created status in Community law. http://www.ejcl.org/83/art83-4.html   (15370 words)      Encyclopedia: British nationality law Ireland, as a result of its withdrawal from the Commonwealth in 1949, and India and Pakistan, because the British Government refused to recognise their nationality laws, which did not provide for citizenship for everyone who was born in their countries (see Indian nationality law). British National (Overseas) status was given effect by the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986. The United Kingdom has arguably the world's most complex nationality laws, because of its former status as an imperial power. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/British-nationality-law   (360 words)      The Belsen Trial. Trial of Joseph Kramer and 44 Others. Part 12. Law-Reports of Trials of War Criminals. United Nations War Crimes Commission, 1947. In practice accused persons tried as war criminals are defended either by advocates of their own nationality or by British serving officers appointed by the Convening Officer, who may or may not be lawyers. The constitutionality and legality of the Royal Warrant and of its individual provisions have so far not been challenged in any British Superior Court as have its American counterparts, the orders of the American executive authorities appointing Military Commissions for the trial of war criminals under the law of the United States. Regulation 7 of the Royal Warrant provides that, in addition to these persons qualified in British law, any person qualified to appear before the Courts of the country of the accused, and any person approved by the Convening Officer of the Court, shall be deemed to be properly qualified as Counsel for the Defence. http://www.ess.uwe.ac.uk/WCC/Belsen12.htm   (5038 words)      British nationality law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia British citizenship is the most common type of British nationality, and the only one that automatically carries a right of abode in the United Kingdom. The British Nationality Act 1948 established the status of Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC), the national citizenship of the United Kingdom and those places that were still British colonies on 1 January 1949, when the 1948 Act came into force. However, until the early 1960s there was little difference, if any, in United Kingdom law between the rights of CUKCs and other British subjects, all of whom had the right at any time to enter and live in the United Kingdom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law   (4538 words)      British Consulate General Hong Kong Home INDIAN LAW AFFECTS BRITISH CITIZENSHIP ELIGIBILITY (08/02/06): Recent clarification of Indian nationality law has changed how British nationals of Indian ethnicity may register as British Citizens. BRITAIN REGISTERS SAME SEX PARTNERSHIPS (22/12/05): The Civil Partnership Act allows same sex couples to register their partnership to enjoy the same benefits, under British Law, as married couples. The report, the eighteenth in the series of reports to Parliament on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong, covers developments from 1 July 2005 to 31 December 2005. http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1065717794316   (453 words)      forum.htm British citizenship law was changed again in 1981 and 1983. The British Nationality Act 1948 created hte concept of citizen of the United Kingdom and its colonies, as distinct from the concept of British subject. The British Nationality Act 1948 was repealed in 1981, but the joint status of Irish citizen and British subject was allowed to continue. http://www.irishunionism.org/articles/forum.htm   (453 words)      Immigration & Nationality Directorate - BN3: Information about British subject status The law covering British subject status is in the British Nationality Act 1981 and the Regulations made under it. If you are a British subject, and you are 18 or over (see Note J), you may renounce (give up) British subject status as long as you already have, or are about to get, some other citizenship or nationality. A person is normally regarded as settled in the United Kingdom or a British overseas territory if he or she is ordinarily resident there without being restricted, under the immigration laws, as to how long he or she can stay there. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/british_nationality/advice_about_nationality/bn3_-_british_subject.html   (453 words)      British nationality - children of Indian origin born in Hong Kong After establishing the claim to British Overseas citizenship, as long as the child continues to have no other nationality, the child will be entitled to registration as a full British citizen (with right of abode in the UK) under section 4B of the British Nationality Act 1981. Under the revised law, a child born to an Indian citizen abroad on or after 3 December 2004 shall not be a citizen of India, unless the birth is registered at an Indian Consulate within one year of the date of birth or with the permission of the Central Government after that time period. To apply for full British citizenship (with right of abode in the UK) for the child, the parents should approach the Consular section of the British Consulate-General at 1 Supreme Court Road, Hong Kong (Tel: 2901 3281 or email: consular@bcg.org.hk) to obtain the relevant application forms, which are Guide B(OS) and Form B(OS). http://www.britishcitizen.info   (1094 words)      Immigration & Nationality Directorate - BN11 - Registration of children as British citizens Children who become registered as British citizens may, as a result, lose or be at risk of losing their existing nationality or citizenship. In certain cases of this kind, children who were born outside the United Kingdom may be British citizens (if their mother was not a citizen) if the father was a British citizen otherwise than by a descent at the time of the birth. If neither parent is a British citizen the children will still be a British citizen if one of their parents is at the time of birth 'settled' (see Note C) in the United Kingdom. http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/british_nationality/advice_about_nationality/bn11_-_british_citizenship.html   (1094 words)      Canadian nationality law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Prior to that date, Canadians were British subjects and Canada's nationality law closely mirrored that of the United Kingdom. Canadian nationality law was substantially revised on 15 February 1977. Subsequently, on 1 April 1949, Canadian nationality law was extended to Newfoundland upon that country's admission to Confederation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_nationality_law   (1089 words)      British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia From 1922 to 1935 the effective law on nationality in the Irish Free State was based on the common law and the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 which remained in force as a pre-1922 statute that had not been repealed. Because of Ireland's impending departure from the Commonwealth (on 18 April 1949), special provision was made for the retention by certain citizens of the Irish Free State of the status of British subject, without being citizens of any Commonwealth member state. However, section 2 of the Act allowed certain citizens of Eire who were British subjects before 1949 to apply at any time to the Secretary of State to remain British subjects. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_and_the_Republic_of_Ireland   (1054 words)      Politics of Hong Kong Article 4(1) of the Order provided that on and after 1 July 1987, there would be a new form of British nationality, the holders of which would be known as British Nationals (Overseas). The Basic Law's Article 45 stipulates that the eventual goal is universal suffrage; when and how to achieve that goal, however, remains open but controversial. Article 4(2) of the Order provided that adults and minors who had a connection to Hong Kong were entitled to make an application to become British Nationals (Overseas) by registration. http://www.worldhistory.com/wiki/P/Politics-of-Hong-Kong.htm   (3397 words)

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