British overseas territories citizens: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff about the British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) nationality status and how to deal with BOTC passport applications.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with applications sent directly to us, from customers who hold British overseas territories citizenship (BOTC).
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The guidance has been updated to tell examiners what to do if the customer is applying for their first British citizen passport (rather than renewing their British overseas territories citizenship passport).
Update history
2026-03-24 17:02
Updated the guidance to include registrations under section 17(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981, reorganise registration sections introduced by the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, and clarify when the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 came into force.
2026-01-20 16:19
Updated the guidance to version 26.0, a full list of the changes can be found in the guide.
2025-09-15 09:07
Updated guidance – a list of changes can be found in the ‘Changes from last version of this guidance’ section within the guidance.
2025-02-19 10:37
The guidance has been updated to tell examiners what to do if the customer is applying for their first British citizen passport (rather than renewing their British overseas territories citizenship passport).
2022-11-04 15:49
This document has had considerable updates and has been replaced.
2022-09-23 13:07
Accessible version added.