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You will generally be able to register under these provisions if you were born:

• outside of an overseas territory before 1 July 2006 and your unmarried father was born, naturalised or registered in a British overseas territory before you were born
• inside an overseas territory between 1 January 1983 and 30 June 2006 inclusive, and your unmarried father was born, naturalised or registered in a British overseas territory before you were born; or was settled in an overseas territory before you were born
• before 1st July 2006, and your unmarried father became a BOTC or settled after you were born, but existing registration provisions cannot be used because your parents werent married
• on or after 1st July 2006, but you did not become a BOTC because your mother was married to someone other than your natural father