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Listen to our BRITISH NATIONALITY WEBINAR on Malawi where our two British nationality experts - Philip Gamble and Mishal Patel - discuss a family birth in Nyasaland and its implications for claims to British nationality in the modern day.

The status of British protected person (BPP) is normally a status gained by birth (or descent from a father) born in a former British Protectorate or Protected State. A person can potentially maintain their BPP status where:

 - they were born in Nyasaland (a British Protectorate up until its independence on 06.07.1964); AND

 - neither of their parents were born in Nyasaland.

It is also possible to gain this status by descent from one's father. This could occur where:

 - they were born outside of Nyasaland or Malawi;

 - their father was born in Nyasaland; AND

 - their paternal grandparents were not born in Nyasaland.

This BPP status was normally converted into a British Overseas Citizen (or BOC) upon independence. It is possible, in some circumstances, to UPGRADE this status to full British Citizenship.

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WhatPassport.com is a specialist UK Nationality and British Citizenship site offering an online search and assessment. Claims to hold a British Passport can be complex and the site offers a quick, simple search to give you the answers. While many people qualify for the UK Ancestry Visa based on holding a Commonwealth passport with a UK born grandmother or grandfather, we have found that if you have a grandparent born in the UK, or if your mother is British or your father is British, then there are several scenarios where you can claim British Nationality and the right to hold a British Passport. This stems from Britain’s collection of British Colonies, British Protectorates and British Protected States in the middle of last century and the Nationality rules concerning what are now the countries of the Commonwealth.

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