Today I will discuss about British Nationality. Nationality is where you were born or what country you are a citizen in. The United Kingdom has no doubt the nationality laws of the world most complex, because of its former imperial power. British Nationality Act has its origins in the medieval period. There is always been a distinction in English law between the subjects of the monarch and aliens: the monarch’s subjects owed obedience, and in particular those had born in his kingdom (subjects born), and those who later gave their allegiance (naturalized subjects).
When the British Empire came into force, there remained a class of citizenship, namely the British subject. Citizenship law has spread too many rules, and most of it is written. This situation changed with the adoption of a British citizen and the state of rights of aliens in 1914. This is the first time, codified the laws of Great Britain.
Registration is an easy way to acquire citizenship, but only certain people can get it. British Nationals (other than British citizens) have permanent residence in the United Kingdom or the right of residence to obtain British citizenship after registering five years of residence in the United Kingdom.
Other cases where persons may be entitled to registration (either as a matter of law or policy) include:
1) Children born in the UK where a parent obtains British citizenship or indefinite leave to remain after the child is born
2) Children born in the UK who live in the UK until age 10.
3) Children born to a British father who is not married to the mother
4) British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British protected persons who have no other nationality
5) British Nationals (Overseas) who do not hold any other citizenship or nationality before 19 March 2009 (see Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 regard the extension of Section 4B of the British Nationality Act 1981)
6) Persons born outside the UK to a British born or naturalized mother.
7) Certain children born outside the UK to a British citizen by descent
8) Certain children born in the UK who are stateless
9) Persons who acquire British overseas territories citizenship after 21 May 2002 (except those connected solely with the Sovereign Base Areas of Cyprus)
10) Children under 18 who are adopted outside the United Kingdom by British citizens
11) Former British citizens who renounced British citizenship
