Apply for citizenship if your parent is a British overseas territories citizen
If you were born before 1983 and your mother was a British overseas territories citizen
You can apply to become a British overseas territories citizen and a British citizen if both of the following apply:
- you were born before 1 January 1983
- you would have become a British overseas territories citizen if your mother had been able to pass citizenship on to you when you were born
Documents you鈥檒l need to apply
You鈥檒l need to provide the following documents to show how you could have become a British overseas territories citizen through your mother:
- your passport
- your birth certificate
You鈥檒l also need to provide one of the following:
- your mother鈥檚 birth certificate
- your mother鈥檚 certificate of naturalisation or registration as a citizen of the UK and Colonies
- papers showing your mother鈥檚 legal adoption
- your mother鈥檚 expired passport that shows she was a citizen of the UK and Colonies
How to apply
Fill in the form. You can use the same form to apply to become a British overseas territories citizen and a British citizen.
If you apply from outside the UK
You鈥檒l be asked to make an appointment at a visa application centre to provide your biometric information (your fingerprints and a photo). You鈥檒l get a letter telling you how to do this after you鈥檝e applied.
If you apply from inside the UK
You鈥檒l be asked to make an appointment at a UK Visa and Citizenship Application Services (UKVCAS) centre to provide your biometric information (your fingerprints and a photo). You鈥檒l get a letter telling you how to do this after you鈥檝e applied.
If you鈥檙e applying from the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man
If you live in the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, you have to apply in person or by post.
Check which you can do with your lieutenant-governor鈥檚 office.