Tag: British Citizens

• Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 07:24 UTC

  Madrid unilaterally extends protection for (400.000) Britons living in Spain

  

  Spain's cabinet has approved measures for Britons in Spain to continue living there as now if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Foreign Minister Josep Borrell said the main purpose was that no-one, British or Spanish, would be left unprotected. Spain estimates that the measures, which would become law under a no-deal Brexit, would grant residency rights to about 400,000 UK citizens.

• Saturday, August 26th 2017 - 08:04 UTC

  30.000 EU nationals apply to become British citizens since Brexit vote

  

  Nearly 30,000 EU nationals applied to become British citizens in the 12 months after last summer's Brexit vote - almost double the number of the previous year. Home Office statistics show 28,502 such applications between July 2016 and June 2017, up 80% from 15,871 in 2015-16. The total number of applications, from all nationalities, fell by 8%.

• Monday, December 22nd 2014 - 22:06 UTC

  FCO moves forward with changes to birth and death registration overseas

  

  Phase four, which includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela to start on January 14