United Kingdom - Passport & Nationality - British Overseas Citizen (BOC) - Upgrade (11(1)2.2.1971)

If a woman holds the British Overseas Citizen (BOC) status, this could be upgraded to full British nationality if:

• she was married to a British man
• the marriage took place before 01.01.1983; AND
• the husband had the Right of Abode before 01.01.1983

The husband's Right of Abode in the UK could have been achieved by any one of the following ways:

• birth in the UK;
• British by Descent on the male side (i.e. the husbands father was British and born in the UK)
• a mother born in the UK, as long as this husband was a Commonwealth citizen as at 01.01.1949;
• resident in the UK for 5 years
• held UK & Colonies Nationality as long as a grandparent was born in the UK.