TNAG-1193-FCO40-1495-Implications-for-Hong-Kong-of-changes-in-the-British-nationa-1982 — Page 143

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i) British Citizen for those with a right of abode in the

United Kingdom.

ii)

iii)

British Dependent Territories Citizen (BDTC) plus the

name of the dependent territory for those with right

of abode in a particular dependent territory.

British Overseas Citizen (BOC) for those who inherit a

claim to citizenship which is not reinforced by

sufficient connection with the United Kingdom

or with a particular dependent territory to give them

the right of abode.

iv) British Protected Person (BPP) for those whose interests we

would protect abroad but who have no claim to

citizenship nor to any right of abode in the United Kingdom

or in a Dependent Territory.

v) British Subject for a small number of residuals who for

passport purposes can be bracketed with BPPs.

All these categories apart from the first, British citizen, are expected to diminish over the years; BDTCs as dependencies become independent, and the remaining three categories because the status of BOC, of BPP and of British Subject cannot in general be

transmitted by descent.

4. The advantage of the system jsut described is that it ties descriptions in passports firmly to the terms used in the recent Nationality Act which in turn are compatible with our immigration

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