Commonwealth citizen

National of a Commonwealth of Nations member state

British citizenship and
nationality law

Introduction

* British nationality law (History)

Nationality classes

* British citizens
* British subjects
(under the British Nationality Act 1981)
* Commonwealth citizens
* British Overseas Territories citizens
* British Nationals (Overseas)
* British Overseas citizens
* British protected persons

See also

* British passports
* Right of abode
* Indefinite leave to remain
* Belonger status
(in certain British Overseas Territories)

Law relating to former territories

* Hong Kong
* Ireland
* Thirteen Colonies

Relevant legislation

* British Nationality Act 1948 / 1981
* Ireland Act 1949
* Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 / 1968
* Immigration Act 1971
* British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983
* British Overseas Territories Act 2002

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Commonwealth citizenship

Commonwealth of Nations (History)

* Commonwealth citizens
* Member states

Nationality laws

* Antiguan and Barbudan
* Australian
* Bahamian
* Bangladeshi
* Belizean
* Barbadian
* Basotho
* Botswanan
* British
* Bruneian
* Canadian
* Cypriot
* Dominican
* Fijian
* Gambian
* Ghanaian
* Grenadian
* Guyanese
* I-Kiribati
* Indian
* Jamaican
* Kenyan
* Malawian
* Malaysian
* Maldivian
* Maltese
* Mauritian
* Namibian
* Nauruan
* New Zealand
* Nigerian
* Ni-Vanuatu
* Pakistani
* Papua New Guinean
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* Saint Lucian
* Saint Vicent and the Grenadines
* Samoan
* Seychellois
* Sierra Leonean
* Singaporean
* Solomon Islands
* South African
* Sri Lankan
* Swazi
* Tanzanian
* Tongan
* Trinidadian and Tobagonian
* Tuvaluan
* Ugandan
* Zambian
* Zimbabwean

Issues, rights, and visas

* Australian permanent residency
* British indefinite leave to remain
* Canadian permanent residency
* New Zealand permanent residency
* Singaporean permanent residency
* Indefinite leave to remain in the UK
* Belonger status
(in certain British Overseas Territories)
* UK Ancestry visa
* UK right of abode

Relevant legislation

* British Nationality Act 1948 / 1981
* Canadian Citizenship Act 1946
* Ireland Act 1949
* Immigration Act 1971
* Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 / 1968
* British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983
* British Overseas Territories Act 2002

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A Commonwealth citizen is a citizen of a Commonwealth of Nations member state. While most Commonwealth countries do not distinguish Commonwealth citizens from other foreign nationals, some grant limited rights to resident citizens of other member states. For example, in 14 Commonwealth countries, resident non-local Commonwealth citizens are eligible to vote in elections. The status is most significant in the United Kingdom, where Commonwealth citizens are not considered foreign nationals under British law. They may be eligible to vote in elections, stand for public office, and access certain public services, subject to their right of abode (e.g. indefinite leave to remain).

In addition to voting and residency rights, Commonwealth citizens may receive consular assistance from fellow Commonwealth countries in certain situations. Notably, they are entitled to emergency assistance from British embassies and consulates when in a non-Commonwealth country, where their own government has no diplomatic representation.

## Background

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See also: British Nationality Act 1948 and British subject

From 1949 to 1983, all citizens of the British Empire shared a common nationality. Commonwealth citizenship emerged gradually as the Empire dissolved. Prior to 1949, all imperial subjects were classified as British subjects and owed allegiance to the Crown.[1] Following the First World War, the Dominions, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Newfoundland, New Zealand and South Africa, enacted their own nationality laws,[2] but continued to recognise British subjecthood as a shared status with the United Kingdom and its colonies.[1] However, increasing legislative divergence and growing Dominion autonomy led to the creation of Canadian citizenship in 1946, marking a formal separation from British subject status.[3] This development, together with the forthcoming independence of India and Pakistan in 1947, prompted a comprehensive reform of nationality law.[4]

The British Nationality Act 1948 redefined British subject as any citizen of the United Kingdom, its colonies, or other Commonwealth countries. Commonwealth citizen was also defined in this Act as having the same meaning.[5] This change in naming indicated a shift in the base theory of British nationality, that allegiance to the Crown was no longer a requirement to hold British subject status.[6] The change was also necessary to retain a number of newly independent countries that wished to become republics rather than retain the monarch as head of state.[7] The common status of Commonwealth citizenship would instead be maintained voluntarily by the various members of the Commonwealth.[6]

Initially, all Commonwealth citizens held the automatic right to settle in the United Kingdom.[8] This was first restricted by Parliament with the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962, which imposed immigration controls on subjects originating from outside the coreBritish Islands.[9] The Immigration Act 1971 relaxed controls on patrials, those whose parents or grandparents were born in the United Kingdom,[10] and effectively gave preferential treatment to Commonwealth citizens from white-majority countries.[11]

Outside the United Kingdom, in some member states Commonwealth citizens also initially retained eligibility to vote in elections, to preferred paths to citizenship, and to welfare benefits. These privileges were removed on independence in most countries but retained in some. British subjects/Commonwealth citizens were eligible to vote in New Zealand until 1975,[12] Canada at the federal level until 1975 (not fully phased out in provinces until 2006),[13] and Australia until 1984 (though subjects on the electoral roll in that year are still eligible).[14]

By the 1980s, most colonies of the Empire had become independent states. Parliament updated nationality law to reflect the more modest geographical boundaries of the United Kingdom and its remaining territories.[15] The British Nationality Act 1981 redefined British subject in such a way that it no longer also meant Commonwealth citizen.[16]

## Acquisition and loss

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Map showing countries listed in the British Nationality Act 1981, which makes citizens of these countries Commonwealth citizens in Britain

Commonwealth citizenship is acquired by virtue of being a citizen of a Commonwealth member state[17] or, in the United Kingdom, a country listed in Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981. This list closely follows the composition of the organisation, but is not always the same.[18] For example, the Maldives left the Commonwealth in 2016[19] before rejoining in 2020.[20] The country was removed from Schedule 3 in 2017,[21] but legislation was not updated to relist it until 2021.[22] Conversely, although Zimbabwe has not been a part of the Commonwealth since 2003,[23] Zimbabwean citizens retain Commonwealth citizenship because the country remains on Schedule 3.[18]

Most classes of British nationals other than British citizens are also considered Commonwealth citizens. British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects, and British Nationals (Overseas) all have this additional status. However, British protected persons[16] and non-citizen nationals of other Commonwealth countries (such as Overseas Citizens of India) are not considered Commonwealth citizens, unless they are also citizens of any other Commonwealth country such as Canada or Australia.[24]

Acquisition and loss of Commonwealth citizenship is tied to the domestic nationality regulations of each member state;[17] there is no separate process for obtaining this status. It is automatically lost if an individual is no longer a citizen or qualified national of a member state,[25] or if their country is removed from Schedule 3.[26]

## Rights and privileges

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Commonwealth citizens have different entitlements in each Commonwealth country, which individually have separate legislation specifying what, if any, rights they are afforded.[27] The organization does not have a permissive system of free movement or labour[28] and in over half of the member states, Commonwealth citizens do not receive substantially different treatment than foreign nationals.[29]

In 14 countries and all three Crown Dependencies, Commonwealth citizens may register to vote after fulfilling residence requirements. In Australia, Bermuda, and the Cayman Islands, they no longer have the right to register as electors, but voters who were already registered before that right was ended may continue to participate in elections.[30][31][32] Commonwealth citizens are also eligible to serve in one or both houses of the national legislature in Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the United Kingdom.[16][33]

All Commonwealth citizens may receive consular assistance from British embassies and consulates in foreign non-Commonwealth nations during emergencies where their home countries have not established diplomatic or consular posts.[34] They are eligible to apply for British emergency passports, if their travel documents have been lost or stolen and permission has been given by their national governments.[35] Additionally, Australia issues Documents of Identity in exceptional circumstances to resident Commonwealth citizens who are unable to obtain valid travel documents from their countries of origin and must travel urgently.[36]

When residing in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth citizens are eligible to be employed in non-reserved Civil Service posts[37] and are eligible to enlist in the British Armed Forces.[38] In addition, Commonwealth citizens were generally exempt from the requirement to register with local police, until the registration scheme was completely removed in August 2022.[39]

### Right to vote

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See also: Right of foreigners to vote

The following jurisdictions allow citizens of other Commonwealth countries to vote:[33]

* Antigua and Barbuda
* Barbados
* Belize
* Dominica
* Grenada
* Guyana
* Jamaica
* Mauritius[40]
* Saint Kitts and Nevis

* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United Kingdom[41]
* United Kingdom proper
* Guernsey[42]
* Isle of Man[43]
* Jersey[44]

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Access to voting in these countries is open to all permanent resident foreign nationals and is not exclusive to Commonwealth citizens:

* Eswatini[45]
* Malawi[46]
* New Zealand[47]

### Preferential citizenship acquisition and residency policies

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* Pakistan permits Commonwealth citizens to acquire Pakistani nationality immediately upon arrival with a valid immigrant visa, which is obtained by depositing Rs. 5,000,000 (~$18,000 USD) in a Pakistani financial institution and completing a visa application at an overseas mission of Pakistan.[48] However, Pakistan permits dual nationality with only 22 countries, including Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Thus, most Commonwealth citizens must renounce their original citizenship to acquire Pakistani nationality.[49]
* United Kingdom grants right of abode to Commonwealth citizens whose parents or spouses possessed right of abode, and under the Windrush scheme.[50][51] The UK Ancestry visa is also limited to Commonwealth citizens (with grandparents born in the UK).
* Lesotho provides preferential treatment for persons from Commonwealth countries by waiving some conditions.[52]
* Mauritius provides preferential treatment for persons from Commonwealth countries.[52]
* Guyana allows for a citizenship registration process for Commonwealth citizens requiring 5 years residency, in lieu of a naturalisation process requiring 7 years residency.
* Jamaica allows for a citizenship registration process for Commonwealth citizens requiring 5 years residency, in lieu of a naturalisation process requiring 7 years residency.
* Malawi allows for a citizenship registration process for Commonwealth citizens requiring 5 years residency, in lieu of a naturalisation process requiring 7 years residency.

## See also

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* Commonwealth diaspora

## References

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### Citations

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1. ^ a b Karatani 2003, p. 29.
2. ^ Historical background information on nationality, p. 10.
3. ^ Karatani 2003, pp. 114–115.
4. ^ Karatani 2003, pp. 122–126.
5. ^ British Nationality Act 1948.
6. ^ a b Karatani 2003, pp. 116–118.
7. ^ Weis 1979, p. 17.
8. ^ McKay 2008.
9. ^ Evans 1972, p. 508.
10. ^ Evans 1972, p. 509.
11. ^ Paul 1997, p. 181.
12. ^ McMillan 2017, p. 31.
13. ^ Maas, Willem (July 2015). Access to electoral rights: Canada (PDF) (Report). European University Institute. pp. 13–14\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
14. ^ Chappell, Chesterman & Hill 2009, p. 98.
15. ^ Paul 1997, pp. 182–183.
16. ^ a b c British Nationality Act 1981.
17. ^ a b Bloom 2011, p. 640.
18. ^ a b British Nationality Act 1981 Schedule 3.
19. ^ "Maldives leaves Commonwealth amid democracy row". BBC News. 13 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
20. ^ "Maldives rejoins Commonwealth after evidence of reforms". The Guardian. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
21. ^ The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2017.
22. ^ The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021
23. ^ White, Michael (8 December 2003). "Mugabe quits Commonwealth". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
24. ^ G Musgrave (14 July 2016). "Freedom of Information Request" (PDF). Letter to A Fernandes. United Kingdom: Home Office. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
25. ^ Karatani 2003, p. 30.
26. ^ "Electoral Administration Bulletin 185" (PDF). United Kingdom: Electoral Commission. 11 May 2017. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
27. ^ Belton 2019, p. 97.
28. ^ Bloom 2011, p. 642.
29. ^ Bloom 2011, pp. 653–654.
30. ^ "British Subjects Eligibility". Australian Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
31. ^ "Election Overview". Bermuda: Parliamentary Registry. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
32. ^ "Elections Law (2013 Revision)" (PDF). Cayman Islands: Elections Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
33. ^ a b Belton 2019, pp. 100–101.
34. ^ "Support for British nationals abroad: A guide" (PDF). United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. p. 6\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
35. ^ "The new UK Emergency Passport" (PDF). United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
36. ^ "Travel related documents". Australia: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
37. ^ "Civil Service Nationality Rules" (PDF). United Kingdom: Cabinet Office. November 2007. p. 5\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
38. ^ "Nationality". British Army. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
39. ^ "UK visas and registering with the police". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 1 January 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
40. ^ "Constitution of Mauritius" (PDF). Mauritius: Electoral Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 June 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
41. ^ Representation of the People Act 1983.
42. ^ "Elections & Electoral Roll". States of Guernsey. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
43. ^ Registration of Electors Act 2020 (PDF) (AT 11, § 4 "Franchise"). Isle of Man: Tynwald. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
44. ^ Public Elections (Jersey) Law 2002 (PDF) (Law 12/2002, § 5 "Entitlement to be registered"). Jersey: States Assembly. 2002 [2009 revised ed. 16.600]. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
45. ^ Voters Registration Act 2013 (PDF) (Act 4, s 7 "Qualification for registration as voter"). Swaziland. 2013.
46. ^ "Constitution of Malawi" (PDF). Malawi: National Assembly. Retrieved 20 May 2019 - via Constitute Project.
47. ^ "Who can and can't enrol?". New Zealand: Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
48. ^ "Immigration". Directorate General of Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
49. ^ "Dual Nationality". Directorate General of Immigration & Passports, Ministry of Interior, Government of Pakistan. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
50. ^ "Windrush Scheme: get a document showing your right to be in the UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
51. ^ "Prove you have right of abode in the UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
52. ^ a b Manby, Bronwyn (2015). "Naturalisation". Citizenship Law in Africa: 3rd Edition (3rd ed.). African Books Collective. pp. 91–92\. ISBN 9781928331124. OCLC 945563529.

### Sources

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#### Legislation

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* "British Nationality Act 1948", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1948 c. 56
* "British Nationality Act 1981", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1981 c. 61
* "British Nationality Act 1981: Schedule 3", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1981 c. 61 (sch. 3)
* "Representation of the People Act 1983: Section 1", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1983 c. 2  (s. 1)
* "The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2017", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2017/568
* "The British Nationality (Maldives) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/523

#### Publications

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* Belton, Kristy A. (2019). "Muddy waters: citizenship and the right to vote in the Commonwealth Caribbean migratory context". Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. 57 (1): 93–122\. doi:10.1080/14662043.2019.1545526. S2CID 159214396.
* Bloom, Tendayi (December 2011). "Contradictions in Formal Commonwealth Citizenship Rights in Commonwealth Countries". The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. 100 (417): 639–654\. doi:10.1080/00358533.2011.633381. S2CID 154726067.
* Chappell, Louise; Chesterman, John; Hill, Lisa (2009). The Politics of Human Rights in Australia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-70774-9.
* Evans, J. M. (1972). "Immigration Act 1971". The Modern Law Review. 35 (5): 508–524\. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.1972.tb02363.x. JSTOR 1094478.
* Historical background information on nationality (PDF) (Report). 1.0. Home Office. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
* Karatani, Rieko (2003). Defining British Citizenship: Empire, Commonwealth and Modern Britain. Frank Cass Publishers. ISBN 0-7146-8298-5.
* McKay, James (2008). "The Passage of the 1962 Commonwealth Immigrants Act, a Case-Study of Backbench Power". Observatoire de la société britannique (6): 89–108\. doi:10.4000/osb.433.
* McMillan, Kate (2017). "Fairness and the borders around political community". In Hall, David (ed.). Fair Borders?: Migration Policy in the Twenty-First Century. Bridget Williams Books. doi:10.7810/9780947518851. hdl:10289/11427. ISBN 9780947518851.
* Paul, Kathleen (1997). Whitewashing Britain: Race and Citizenship in the Postwar Era. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8440-7.
* Weis, Paul (1979). Nationality and Statelessness in International Law (2nd ed.). Sijthoff & Noordhoff. ISBN 90-286-0329-8.

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Rights, issues, and visas|

* Belonger status
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Acts of Parliament|

* British Nationality Act 1981
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* Canadian Citizenship Act 1946
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Nationality|

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Other|

* British subject
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* British protected person
* Commonwealth citizen

Legislation|

| Current|

* British Nationality Act 1981
* British Overseas Territories Act 2002
* Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006

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Previous|

* Sophia Naturalization Act 1705
* British Nationality Act 1948
* Ireland Act 1949
* Commonwealth Immigrants Act of 1962 and 1968
* Immigration Act 1971
* British Nationality (Falkland Islands) Act 1983

History|

* British Nationality Selection Scheme
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* British nationality law and the Republic of Ireland
* British nationality law and Hong Kong

Immigration|

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| Africa|

* Algeria
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* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
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* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Somaliland3
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara3
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

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* Antigua and Barbuda
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* Belize
* Canada
* Costa Rica
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* El Salvador
* Greenland (Kingdom of Denmark)
* Grenada
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* Mexico
* Nicaragua
* Panama
* St. Kitts and Nevis
* St. Lucia
* St. Vincent and the Grenadines
* Trinidad and Tobago
* United States (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands)

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* Argentina
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* Chile
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* Ecuador
* Guyana
* Paraguay
* Peru
* Suriname
* Uruguay
* Venezuela

Asia|

* Afghanistan
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* Taiwan3
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* Vietnam
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Europe|

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* Austria
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Rest of Europe|

* Albania
* Armenia
* Andorra2
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Georgia
* Kosovo3
* Moldova
* Monaco2
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Northern Cyprus3
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* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican City2

Oceania|

* Australia
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* Fiji
* Nauru
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* New Zealand
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* United States (American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam)
* Vanuatu

International
organizations|

* Commonwealth of Nations
* European Union
* Mercosur
* Nordic Council
* Caribbean Community
* African Union

By procedure|

* Loss of citizenship
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By result|

* Citizenship
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* Passport
* Internal
* Permanent residency
* Right of return
* Second-class citizen
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