speech. British Overseas Citizen has the same
disadvantage and is disliked by the colonies as connoting a status inferior to British Citizen. The following terminology is suggested:
British Subject of the
United Kingdom
British Subject of Jersey
or of Guernsey, etc7
British Subject of Gibraltar
British Subject of
Hong Kong
colony7
or other
British Subject without
any words added
11.
Persons with a right of abode in the United Kingdom
Persons with right of abode in the named island (persons from the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man have no right of establishment in EEC countries).
Persons with a right of abode in Gibraltar (who have right of establishment in EEC countries).
Persons with right of abode in the named colony
(a) Persons who are now CUKC but do not have right of abode in any British territory;
(b) Irish (see paragraph 6 iii) above);
(c) Persons from former British India (see paragraph 6 iv) above).
In every case the popular term "British Subject" may be used correctly to describe a person's status, with the additional words available for use in passports or on other occasions when precision is necessary.
5 July 1979
Rf. Smedley
RG Smedley
Nationality and Treaty Department