Acquisition of British Citizenship in 1983
A CUKC who acquired right of abode before 1983 would have become a British citizen on 1 January 1983, instead of (or as well as) a British Overseas citizen. Most commonly this was through:
- descent from a United Kingdom & Islands born or naturalised parent or grandparent (either paternal or maternal)
- residence in the United Kingdom & Islands for five years before 1983 together with acquisition of settled status
- if a woman, marriage to a man who possessed right of abode.
See History of British nationality law
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