Is the British Citizenship in effect in the Falkland Islands?

Firstly, as Simon Greenwood noted, Falkland Islands residents were granted an automatic appeal for full British Citizenship by the British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act of 1983. Secondly, even before that, by the British Nationality Act of 1981 the residents of this and other British Dependencies were granted British Overseas (then ‘Dependent’) Territories citizenship. read more

The British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 (1983 c. 6) is an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 28 March 1983. The purpose of the Act was to grant British citizenship to residents of the Falkland Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic. read more

However changes in British immigration and nationality law between 1962 and 1983 saw the creation of a separate British Dependent Territories citizenship (BDTC) with effect from January 1983. Citizens in most territories were stripped of full British citizenship. read more