To answer the question in the subject, yes, all CUKCs would have received a new citizenship on 1st January 1983. Those who did not become British citizens or British Dependent Territories Citizens (now British Overseas Territories Citizens) on 1st January 1983 became British Overseas Citizens, a re...

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 29, 2024 5:23 pm

Until they acquired another citizenship, they would be British subjects but not British citizens.

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Is this query related to you other topic? https://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?p=2169410#p2169410 It is not specifically related. I would just like to know what form (if any) of "citizenship" a non - ROA, registered CUKC from a foreign country became in 1983. Or did they just l...

It seems like the BOTC, BOC, etc, all seem to be connected to former colonies. What if a person was a CUKC without ROA, had been registered at a consulate, but was from a foreign country (non-colony)?

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secret.simon, thank you so much for your helpful reply! I hadn't wanted to make the situation more confusing, so I left out a few details...the "BS by descent" in question, is the illegitimate son of a female BS. So, he couldn't have registered his child, due to the historical discriminati...

Thank you so much for your kind response, contorted_svy! I thought as much, but found a few immigration solicitors online who were dangling little carrots that implied the foreign bride was now the "new" link. I appreciate your help.

Hello, I have read so many (useful) posts and read and re-read the actual immigration legislation...I think I understand something and then keep realizing that I do not. If: A British Subject (by descent) married a foreign woman in 1940, did she become a CUKC in her own right? Did it require registr...