British & Commonwealth Citizenship
Commonwealth Nationality Laws
British (history) Australian Barbadian Canadian (history) Indian Malaysian Maltese New Zealand South African Irish citizens in the UK Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Commonwealth_of_Nations. ... This article concerns the History of British nationality law. ... Canada was the second nation in the then British Commonwealth to establish its own nationality law in 1946, with the enactment of the Canadian Citizenship Act 1946. ... This article concerns British nationality law in respect of citizens of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Classes of Citizens and Subjects
British citizen British subject British Overseas Territories citizen British Overseas citizen British National (Overseas) British protected person Commonwealth citizen British Nationality Law ... In British nationality law, the term British subject has at different times had different meanings. ... // British Nationality Act 1981 The British Nationality Act 1981 came into force on 1 January 1983, and divided Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKCs) into three categories: British citizens CUKCs with the right of abode in the United Kingdom and Islands (i. ... In British nationality law, the status of British Overseas citizen (BOC) is one of several categories of British national. ... This article concerns matters of British nationality law in relation to Hong Kong. ... British Protected Person (BPP) is a form of British nationality under the British Nationality Act 1981. ... A Commonwealth citizen, formerly known as a British subject, is generally a person who is a national of any country within the Commonwealth of Nations. ...
Rights and Visas
Right of abode Indefinite leave to remain Permanent resident (Australia) Permanent resident (Canada) Belonger status UK Ancestry Entry Clearance Right of Abode is a status under United Kingdom immigration laws that gives an unrestricted right to live in the United Kingdom. ... Indefinite Leave to Remain or ILR, is an immigration status granted to a person who does not hold right of abode in the United Kingdom, but who has been admitted to the UK without any time limit on his stay and who is free to take up employment, without restriction. ... Australian permanent residents are residents of Australia who hold permanent residency visas but are not citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... A Permanent Resident in Canada is someone who is not a Canadian citizen but has the legal right to enter or remain in Canada. ... A legal classification normally associated with Britains Overseas Territories. ... A UK Ancestry Entry Clearance often referred to as an Ancestry Visa is a United Kingdom Entry Clearance for Commonwealth citizens with a grandparent born in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man who wish to work in the United Kingdom. ...
Acts
Ireland Act 1949 British Nationality Act 1981 Falkland Islands (1983) Overseas Territories Act 2002 Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 The Ireland Act 1949 is a UK Act of Parliament which was intended to deal with the consequences of the then recently passed Republic of Ireland Act 1948 as passed by the Irish parliament (Oireachtas). ... The British Nationality Act 1981 was an Act of Parliament passed by the British Parliament. ... The British Overseas Territories Act 2002 is an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom in 2002, which superseded the British Nationality Act 1981. ... The Canadian Citizenship Act is an Act of the Government of Canada, which came into effect on July 1, 1947, recognizing the definition of a Canadian, including reference to them being British subjects. ...

Barbados achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 as a commonwealth with HM the Queen Elizabeth II remaining the head of state. The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born April 21, 1926) is the Queen of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth Realms: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...

The Constitution of Barbados defined citizens of Barbados as those born on the island before 1966 who were Citizens of the UK and Colonies (CUKCs) at the time of independence, or those born overseas as children of fathers who were or would have been citizens of Barbados but for their death. The constitution also allows for acquisition of citizenship through registration for Commonwealth citizens after seven years ordinary and lawful residence. Citizenship can also be acquired through marriage. According to the constitution, there is no requirement of residency or duration of marriage, rather the woman must take an oath of allegiance. The Constitution did not foresee Barbadian women marrying non-national men. // Engineering In engineering, the term acquisition has the following meanings: In satellite communications, the process of locking tracking equipment on a signal from a communications satellite. ... The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century. ... A marriage is a relationship between or among individuals, usually recognized by civil authority and/or bound by the religious beliefs of the participants. ...

Legally, citizens of Barbados are Commonwealth citizens and also enjoy certain privileges as citizens of a member state of CARICOM. Barbados will soon follow Suriname and other CARICOM nations in issuing passports that bear the emblem of the organisation. A Commonwealth citizen, formerly known as a British subject, is generally a person who is a national of any country within the Commonwealth of Nations. ... The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on August 1, 1973. ...

Barbados and British nationality

Prior to independence, persons connected with Barbados held British nationality.

Persons connected with Barbados at independence may have retained citizenship of the UK and Colonies if:

• they did not acquire Barbados citizenship; or
• they had specified ties to the UK itself, or a place which remained a colony

Such persons would have become British citizens on 1 January 1983 if they had acquired a Right of Abode in the UK before that date. Otherwise they would be British Overseas citizens.

See also

• Barbados
• British nationality law
• CARICOM
• citizenship
• Commonwealth of Nations
• nationality law
• passport

British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning British citizenship and other categories of British nationality. ... The Caribbean Community and Common Market or CARICOM was established by the Treaty of Chaguaramas which came into effect on August 1, 1973. ... Citizenship is membership in a political community (originally a city but now usually a state) and carries with it rights to political participation; a person having such membership is a citizen. ... The Commonwealth of Nations (CN), usually known as the Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, almost all of which are former colonies of the United Kingdom. ... Nationality law is that branch of a countrys legal system wherein legislation, custom and court precendent combine to define the ways in which that countrys nationality and citizenship are transmitted, acquired or lost. ... The title page of European Union member state passports bears the name European Union, then the name of the issuing country, in the official languages of all EU countries. ...

External links

• Government of Barbados, Constitution, Chapter 2