British Overseas Citizen
In British nationality law, the status of British Overseas citizen (BOC) is one of several categories of British national. A British Overseas citizen does not have an automatic right to live in the United Kingdom.
Read more about British Overseas Citizen: British Nationality Act 1981, Acquisition of British Citizenship in 1983, Acquisition of British Overseas Citizenship Under The 1981 Act, Access To British Citizenship, Future of British Overseas Citizenship, Loss of British Overseas Citizenship, Benefits of British Overseas Citizenship
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—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“I am a citizen of the world.”
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