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Guidance: Registration as British if your mother had connection to a British Overseas Territory

Uk Visas Immigration

July 23
15:58 2024

British Overseas Territories citizenship (BOTC) is a form of British nationality held through a close and continuing connection with a British Overseas Territory. The vast majority of people who hold BOTC also hold British citizenship.

This guidance describes how certain people, who missed out on acquiring British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can now make an application to correct that using form BOTC(M).

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Published 28 June 2022
Last updated 23 July 2024 +show all updates
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