Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 59844

Visas: British National (Overseas)

Tabled: 13 June 2025

Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

James Naish

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential merits of extending British National (Overseas) nationality status to BN(O

Answer

Catherine West

Those with BN(O) status and their eligible family members can come to the UK to live, study and work in virtually any capacity, on a pathway to citizenship. The UK committed in the Joint Declaration that no person would acquire British Dependent Territori...

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