British nationality

Question 1

How to acquire British nationality

Answer 1

Birth
Descent
Registration
Naturalisation

Question 2

How to acquire British nationality by birth or adoption

s.1

Answer 2

Born in the UK or qualifying territory after 1983 and parent is British citizen or settled in the UK, 1(1)

Adopted by British citizen habitually resident in UK, 1(5)

Question 3

How to acquire British nationality by descent

Answer 3

Born outside UK and qualifying territories

Parent is British national otherwise than by descent

Question 4

How to acquire British nationality by registration

Answer 4

If while minor, parent becomes settled in UK, 1(3), or becomes member of AF, 1(3A)

Spend first ten years of life in UK, absent less than 90d per year, 1(4)

s. 3(3): may register while still a minor if:
- parent British citizen by descent. Their father or mother was a British citizen otherwise than by descent.
- parent in UK or QT for previous 3y

Question 5

How to acquire British nationality by naturalisation

Answer 5

s.6 - sch 1
Requirements:
Good character
Sufficient knowledge of English, Welsh, or Gaelic
In UK for 5 years
In past 12, not subject to immigration control

Question 6

“qualifying territory”

Answer 6

means a British overseas territory other than the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Question 7

“British overseas territory”

Answer 7

Set out in Sch 6

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Indian Ocean Territory

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands F243. . .

Gibraltar

[Hong Kong]

Montserrat

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

[St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]

[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]

The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (that is to say the areas mentioned in section 2(1) of the M34Cyprus Act 1960)

Turks and Caicos Islands

Virgin Islands.