Commonwealth citizen

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. Most member countries generally do not treat citizens of other Commonwealth states any differently from foreign nationals, but do grant limited citizenship rights to resident Commonwealth citizens. For example, in 14 member states, resident non-local Commonwealth citizens are eligible to vote in elections. The status is most significant in the United Kingdom, and carries few or no privileges in many other Commonwealth countries.

In addition to voting and residency rights, Commonwealth citizens may receive consular assistance from Commonwealth countries. In particular, they are entitled to emergency assistance from British embassies and consulates in non-Commonwealth nations if their own country is not represented.