Commonwealth Countries
Citizens from Commonwealth Countries who have a grandparent born in the UK can apply for the UK Ancestry Visa to work and live in the UK for 5 years. This is one of the many visa advantages to having ancestral ties to the UK. If you are a UK resident and a citizen of one of these countries you are eligible to vote in UK elections.
The following list is all the Commonwealth Countries:
| Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Australia Australian Antarctic Territory Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Botswana British Antarctic Territory British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Channel Islands Cook Islands Cyprus Dominica Falkland Islands Falkland Islands Dependencies Fiji Gambia Ghana Gibraltar Grenada Guyana India Isle of Man Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Malawi Malaysia |
Maldives Malta Mauritius Montserrat Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island Pakistan Papua New Guinea Pitcairn Islands Ross Dependency Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka St Christopher-Nevis St Helena St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Swaziland Tanzania Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Western Samoa Zambia Zimbabwe |
Commonwealth Countries: Right of Abode in UK
If you are not a British citizen, you may still have the right of abode if, on 31 December 1982, you were:
- a Commonwealth citizen with a parent who, at the time of your birth or legal adoption, was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies because he/she was born in the United Kingdom or
- a female Commonwealth citizen who was, or had been, married to a man who had the right of abode. You must have been married to him before 1 January 1983.
For more information on British Citizenship please contact our United Kingdom office where we can provide more immigration information to assist with your Citizenship application