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| | British overseas territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | British Indian Ocean Territory- claimed by Mauritius and Seychelles | | | Exceptions were made for Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands which are both claimed by neighbouring countries. | | | However the idea of handing over the largely democratic and economically successful colony of Hong Kong to Communist China was not appealing to the British Government. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_overseas_territory
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| | Politics of Bermuda - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | The March 2002 poll revealed that of the 356 persons surveyed, 66.9% were interested in accepting British citizenship, and only 18% said that they would refuse it. | | | A poll conducted by the Bermuda Sun, a local semiweekly newspaper, reveals support for British citizenship. | | | The Commission held meetings with the public and concluded its deliberations. |
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http://www.politicalinformation.net/encyclopedia/Politics_of_Bermuda.htm
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| | the British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act 1914 to 1943 or in | | | United Kingdom and Colonies and either was then, or had at any time been, | | | Colonies by virtue of having been registered under subsection (6) of |
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http://www.turksandcaicosislands.org/BNAct1981.htm
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| | British Virgin Islands |
| | For further information on travel to the British Virgin Islands, travelers should contact the BVI Department of Immigration at 1-284-494-3471. | | | Extensions of up to 90 days are issued at the discretion of the Immigration Officer subsequent to an interview. | | | Visit the Embassy of the British Government web site at http://www.britainusa.com for the most current visa information. |
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1079.html
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| | Reference.com/Encyclopedia/British overseas territory |
| | Only in Malta was integration ever seriously considered by the British Government, in 1955, but this was later abandoned, while in Gibraltar it was rejected in 1976. | | | Overseas territories should be distinguished from crown dependencies (the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, which have a different constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom), and protectorates (which were not formally under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom). | | | The new nation only maintains superficial ties to Britain as a Commonwealth Realm, with the British monarch as head of state and (in some cases) the Privy Council as the highest court of appeal. |
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http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Crown_colony
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| | British Overseas Territories citizen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | CUKCs with the right of abode in the United Kingdom and Islands (i.e. | | | by birth or descent from a person born in the United Kingdom and Islands, became British citizens. | | | In other words, their status is the same as it would have been had they been born in their home Territory. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Overseas_Territories_citizen
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| | Falkland Islands - Britannica Concise |
| | The population is English-speaking and of British descent. | | | Argentina invaded in 1982, and the British reclaimed the islands after a brief conflict (see Falkland Islands War). | | | The islands are spread out over some 4,700 sq mi (12,200 sq km). |
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http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9364178
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| | Bermuda and Great Britain |
| | This one-sided arrangement was a British Government decision taken without any referendum from the British people. | | | Others perished at sea during the two World Wars and were brought to Bermuda for burial. | | | British Information Services in New York answers questions about Britain and provides up to date Government comment on current events involving Britain. |
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http://www.bermuda-online.org/colonial.htm
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| | British Overseas Territories Act |
| | Subsection (3) defines which of the persons who become British citizens under subsection (1) are to be treated as "British citizens by descent" for the purposes of the 1981 Act. | | | Subsection (2) provides that a person who becomes a British citizen under subsection (1) is a British citizen by descent for the purposes of the 1981 Act. | | | The British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 granted British citizenship to BDTC from the Falkland Islands. |
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http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/en2002/2002en08.htm
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| | International Parental Child Abduction BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES |
| | This site is managed by the Bureau of Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State. | | | American citizens who travel to the British overseas territories place themselves under the jurisdiction of their local courts. | | | Persons who wish to pursue a child custody claim in any British overseas territory court should retain an attorney in the British overseas territory that they are pursuing the child custody claim. |
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http://travel.state.gov/family/abduction_bot.html
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| | Cayman Islands (01/06) |
| | The United States does not maintain diplomatic offices in the Cayman Islands. | | | The Constitution, or Cayman Islands Order, that now governs the islands came into effect in 1972 and was amended in 1984. | | | The Governor is recruited from the U.K. Government Service, serves as the British government administrator, and retains responsibility for the civil service, defense, external affairs, and internal security. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5286.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World Americas Country profiles Regions and territories: British Virgin Islands |
| | Named by Christopher Columbus in 1493, the islands were settled by the Dutch until 1666. | | | The governor has responsibility for external affairs, defence, internal security, public services and the administration of the courts. | | | There are no public broadcasters based in the BVI; the TV station and radio stations are operated by private concerns. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/country_profiles/3776675.stm
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| | British Virgin Islands - Wikitravel |
| | The British Virgin Islands are comprised of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands, including the island of Anegada. | | | The islands were first settled by the Dutch in 1648 before being annexed in 1672 by the English. | | | The islands fall into two types, with relatively flat coral islands and steep volcanic islands. |
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http://wikitravel.org/en/British_Virgin_Islands
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| | CCP Financial Consultants Ltd, British Virgin Islands |
| | The British Government and the Crown are represented through a Governor who is appointed by the British Government. | | | The United States Dollar is the legal tender in the BVI and as such there are no exchange controls or restrictions on the movements of funds into and out of the Territory. | | | The population of the BVI is approximately 20,000 of which about 14,000 live on Tortola. |
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http://www.ccpbvi.com/thebvi.html
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| | British Antarctic Territory |
| | This was when the Falkland Islands Dependencies still included British Antartica and was a separate entity from the Falkland Islands proper. | | | However, since the Falklands War, a new territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was founded in 1985. | | | When the British Antarctic Territory was founded in 1962 the remaining parts of the Falkland Islands Dependencies (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) reverted to the Falkland Islands. |
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http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-bat.html
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| | Liberal Democrats : Bill |
| | However, Lord Redesdale raised one particular concern: the status of the children of British citizens in Kenya and Uganda who are denied citizenship in the country they live in, and would be denied British citizenship under the new Bill. | | | The main part will rename former colonies and territories as overseas territories, a term already used within the territories and between their governments and the British government. | | | This Bill aims to update Britain’s relationship with former colonies. |
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http://www.libdems.org.uk/parliament/british-overseas-territory-act-2002.html
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| | About The Cayman Islands |
| | As a British Overseas Territory, the Cayman Islands have historically enjoyed warm relations with the United Kingdom and a stable, democratically elected local Government at home. | | | As a British Overseas Territory, the Cayman Islands enjoy a warm and stable relationship with the United Kingdom. | | | While the quadrennial election campaigns in the Cayman Islands are often spirited, they have always been peaceful, and transitions between successive governments have always proceeded smoothly. |
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http://www.ey.com/GLOBAL/content.nsf/Cayman/The_Cayman_Islands
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| | Bermuda - Wikitravel |
| | The American Civil War and American Prohibition both added considerably to the island's coffers, with Bermuda forming an important focal point in running the blockades in both cases. | | | Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists headed for the infant British colony of Virginia. | | | In fact, the United Nations declared it a World Heritage Site as it is the oldest, continually inhabited British settlement in the New World. |
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http://wikitravel.org/en/Bermuda
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| | BBC News EUROPE Gibraltar: Rock of ages |
| | In 1963, the question of Gibraltar's status came before the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, and Spain seized the opportunity to revive her claim for the reversion of the Rock to Spanish sovereignty. | | | Gibraltar, the tiny British Overseas territory on the coast of southern Spain, has loomed large in the history books for hundreds of years. | | | Strategically important, it keeps watch over the intersection of two continents and the only entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/278251.stm
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| | Bermuda |
| | I still do not see any evidence of the pre-1801 union flag being used. | | | There seems to be some controversy over whether the motto is used on any Bermuda flag. | | | As I understand it, the gold ring was originally requested by the Governor of Gibraltar as being part of the arms of that territory, and it was included into all the others by a sort of accident. |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/bm.html
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- British Indian Ocean Territory |
| | Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976. | | | In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia. | | | This page was last updated on 29 March, 2006 |
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http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/io.html
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| | International Student Services |
| | Remember that there are many different types of visas available for many different primary purposes. | | | Citizens of Canada or the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda do not need visas or visa waivers to enter the USA, but they do need an I–20 or DS–2019, and they will be issued an I–94 card and corresponding status. | | | Do not enter the USA with a visa waiver! |
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http://www.newschool.edu/studentaffairs/international/newvisa.html
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| | CORIATS Trust Company Reception Area |
| | This Trust Company, founded in 1978, is a licensed financial institution in the | | | by the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British Overseas Territory, | | | British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands |
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http://www.coriats.com
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| | World Flag Database: Falkland Islands |
| | The older versions, with white discs, are still in official use. | | | In 1999 the Ministry of Defence decided to increase the size of the badges on many British flags and to remove the white discs from blue and red ensigns. |
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http://www.flags.net/old/FAIS.htm
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