• The right of abode (ROA) is an immigration status in the United Kingdom that gives a person the unrestricted right to enter and live in the UK. It was...
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  • The right of abode is an individual's freedom from immigration control in a particular country. A person who has the right of abode in a country does not...
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  • Chinese citizens. Prior to 1997, the territory was a colony of the United Kingdom and right of abode was tied to British nationality law. Although Hong Kong...
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  • not need an ETA: British citizens British subjects with right of abode in the United Kingdom British Overseas Territories citizens  Irish citizens, except...
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    British citizens. The status under the current definition does not automatically grant the holder right of abode in the United Kingdom but almost all British...
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    Citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC) before 1 January 1983. The primary right of citizenship, that of abode in the United Kingdom, had been...
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    use their passport as evidence of right of abode in the United Kingdom. Between 1920 and 1992, the standard design of British passports was a navy blue...
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  • who does not have right of abode in the United Kingdom (British citizens and some Commonwealth citizens, but not some categories of British national)...
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    colonies may hold residual forms of British nationality, which do not confer an automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom and generally may no longer...
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  • overseas territory therefore it allows individuals born there the right of abode in the United Kingdom. They hold British Overseas Territory Citizenship but may...
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    British National (Overseas) passport (category Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations)
    registered as BN(O)s. BN(O) status holders do not have the automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom unless they are also British citizens. Since 31 January...
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    granted to a person who does not hold the right of abode in the United Kingdom (UK), but who has been admitted to the UK without any time limit on their...
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    Republic of China issue various categories of passports to individuals without the right of abode in their territory. In the United Kingdom's case, these...
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    British Overseas citizen (category Nationality law in British Overseas Territories)
    to immigration control when entering the United Kingdom and do not have the automatic right of abode there or in any British overseas territory. This...
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  • the United Kingdom. British Overseas Territories citizenship differs from British citizenship and does not automatically grant right of abode in the United...
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    request of the Isle of Man Government, to British citizens and certain British subjects (only for those with the right of abode in the United Kingdom) resident...
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  • Ordinarily resident status (category House of Lords cases)
    was abolished for the purposes of tax years 2013/14 onwards. Indefinite leave to remain and right of abode are related concepts in immigration law. A...
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    British passport (Gibraltar) (category Gibraltar and the European Union)
    section 5 of the Act until 2002. Despite not being British citizens prior to 2002 and hence having no automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom, all BOTCs...
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    British National (Overseas) (category Hong Kong and the Commonwealth of Nations)
    entering the United Kingdom and do not have automatic right of abode there or in Hong Kong, but all BN(O)s would have had permanent resident status in Hong...
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    British Nationality Act 1981 (category Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Hong Kong)
    stripped of the Right of Abode in the United Kingdom. The Act sought to restore once again the link between citizenship and right of abode by providing...
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    Visa requirements for South African citizens (category Foreign relations of South Africa)
    of Abode in the United Kingdom (+except the United Kingdom as right to reside is automatic):  Canada - 6 months  United Arab Emirates  United Kingdom -...
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    Citizens, who have no automatic right of abode in the United Kingdom or any other British dependency or territory. In the United States, passports without a...
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    the right to abode in the United Kingdom. Before then, Irish citizenship was granted on the basis of jus soli (i.e. being born on the island of Ireland...
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    British Nationality (Hong Kong) Selection Scheme (category Immigration to the United Kingdom)
    British nationals under the British Nationality Act 1981, but were not British citizens (with the right of abode in the United Kingdom), to apply to be considered...
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  • automatic right of abode in these territories. The visa policy of Akrotiri and Dhekelia is the same as for Cyprus, which follows the visa policy of the Schengen...
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  • in some cases, foreign authorities only grant them a visa-free entry if they present a passport with an endorsement stating their right of abode in the...
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    travel, to enter and remain in the country. A visa may also entitle the visa holder to other privileges, such as a right to work, study, etc. and may...
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  • Statelessness (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from December 2019)
    (BOCs). As BN(O) and BOC statuses do not provide right of abode in the United Kingdom, BN(O)s and BOCs of non-Chinese descent who do not hold any other citizenship...
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    entry in 1968, and, in 1983, the British government replaced Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies with British Citizenship (with rights of abode and...
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    Tourism in the United Kingdom is a major industry and contributor to the U.K. economy, which is the world's 10th biggest tourist destination, with over...
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