british citizenship

[tali122]

what is the difference between getting britsh citizenship and british nationality?

[Buenchico]

Hello again, Tali122. You continue to get my vote for the most eclectic selection of questions on AB :-)

Quote:
"People who are closely connected with the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man) and, in most cases, the British overseas territories are British citizens. British citizens have the right to live here permanently and are free to leave and re-enter the United Kingdom at any time".

British nationals include "British overseas territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects under the 1981 Act, British Nationals (Overseas) and British protected persons"

Those quotes are taken from a detailed page of information, on a government website which doesn't permit direct links to individual pages. To read it in full (and to try to make some sense of what it's all about), go here:
http://www.uknationality.gov.uk/
Then click the link, under 'British nationality', labelled 'Advice about Nationality'. Lastly, click 'BN1 - British citizenship'.

Chris

[buildersmate]

In practice the distinction was devised to limit permanent settlement rights to people from certain countries within the original Commonwealth.