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c) British Subject without Citizenship
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e)
British Subjects without Citizenship are persons born before 1 January 1949 who were British subjects by reason of their connection with former British India but did not become citizens of India or Pakistan when those countries introduced their own citizenships after independence, usually because they were not living in one of them at the time (see also paragraphs 4 and 7 of the paper).
British subjects by virtue of section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1948
These are citizens of the Republic of Ireland, born before 1 January 1949, who were then British subjects and have remained British subjects by making a formal claim under section 2 of the 1943 Act.
British subjects by virtue of section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965
These are women who have been registered as British subjects under the 1965 Act by reason of their marriage to a British subject without citizenship (c) above or a British subject by virtue of section 2 of the 1948 Act (d) above.
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British Protected Persons
g)
British Protected Persons are not British subjects/ Commonwealth citizens; nor are they aliens. Most of them are connected by birth or descent with the one remaining British protectorate (the Solomon Islands) or are nationals of Brunei. Some are persons who were connected with former protectorates or former trust territories but have not become citizens of those countries.
Aliens
An alien is a person who is not:
i)
a British subject/Commonwealth citizen;
ii)
a British Protected Person; or
iii)
a citizen of the Republic of Ireland.
The term 'foreigner' has no meaning in British nationality law, though nowadays it is generally preferred to the term 'alien'. Other expressions such as 'British citizen', 'British national', 'United Kingdom citizen', and 'citizen of the United Kingdom', although commonly used, have no meaning in current nationality law,
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