United Kingdom national

British & Commonwealth citizenship
Commonwealth nationality laws
British (history) Australian Bangladeshi Barbadian Canadian (history) Cypriot Indian Malaysian Maltese New Zealand Pakistani Samoan Singaporean South African Tongan Irish citizens in the UK
Classes of citizens and subjects
British Citizen British Subject British Overseas Territories Citizen British Overseas Citizen British National (Overseas) British Protected Person Commonwealth citizen
Rights and visas
Right of abode in the UK Indefinite leave to remain in the UK Permanent resident (Australia) Permanent resident (Canada) Permanent resident (New Zealand) Belonger status UK Ancestry Entry Clearance
Acts
Ireland Act 1949 British Nationality Act 1981 British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983 British Overseas Territories Act 2002 Canadian Citizenship Act 1946
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United Kingdom national (less formally, British national) is a term used differently in various United Kingdom Acts of Parliament. Most commonly, it refers to the following classes of persons:

• British Citizens;
• British Nationals (Overseas);
• British Overseas Citizens;
• British Overseas Territories Citizens;
• British Protected Persons; or
• British Subjects (as defined in the British Nationality Act 1981)

In some other Acts, e.g. the Atomic Energy Act 1989, the term "United Kingdom national" does not include British subjects and British protected persons.

Except for British Protected Persons, all the above are also Commonwealth citizens. British Protected Persons, like Irish citizens, are in a unique category in that they are neither Commonwealth citizens (British subjects in the pre-1981 definition) nor aliens.

See also

• British Nationality Law

References

• Home Office Nationality Instructions