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You can apply to become a British overseas territories citizen and a British citizen if one of the following apply:

• you would have automatically become a British overseas territories citizen if your parents had been married
• you could have applied to become a British overseas territories citizen if your parents had been married

You must have not previously given up (renounced) your citizenship as a British overseas territories citizen.

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 father:

• your passport
• your birth certificate

If your birth certificate does not have your father鈥檚 name on it, you鈥檒l need to provide another document that shows how you鈥檙e related, for example a court order.

You鈥檒l also need to provide one of the following:

• your father鈥檚 birth certificate
• your father鈥檚 certificate of naturalisation or registration as a citizen of the UK and Colonies
• papers showing your father鈥檚 legal adoption
• your father鈥檚 expired passport that shows he 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.