1.2 Is there agreement about what 'being British' means?
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- 1.2 Is there agreement about what being British means?
- British citizenship status
- Former colony countries
- Before 1960's, most British colonies were given the right to adopt British citizenship
- British Overseas territories Citizenship
- People living in these existing territories have full British citizenship rights
- Dual citizenship
- People that leave Britain and are adopted by another nation can still maintain their British citizenship
- British citizen
- Automatic full citizenship rights
- British citizens and citizenship of the EU
- EU citizens have the right to travel, work, and live, vote, stand for election and be protected by law anywhere in the EU
- Former colony countries
- becoming a British citizen
- Descent
- Born outside the UK but has a British parent becomes a British citizen as long as their parent didn't acquire citizenship by descent.
- Adoption
- Adopted by a British citizen becomes a British citizen on the day of adoption order
- Registration
- Born in the UK that is not registered for British citizenship can qualify for citizenship at ten years of age if they have not spent more than 90 days a year outside of the UK.
- Born in UK
- Born in the UK, and their parents are married, and at least one of their parents is a British citizen
- Naturalisation
- Lived in Britain for five years
- Complete an application form and pay approximately £150
- Complete a language and knowledge test
- Attend a citizenship ceremony
- show understanding of English culture
- Descent
- British citizenship status
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