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The Caribbean island nation of Jamaica was a British colony between 1655 and 1962. More than 300 years of British rule changed the face of the island considerably (having previously been under Spanish rule, which depopulated the indigenous Arawak and Taino communities [6]) – and 92.1% of Jamaicans are descended from sub-Saharan Africans who were brought over during the Atlantic slave trade. [6]
Jamaican nationality law is regulated by the 1962 Constitution of Jamaica, as amended; the Nationality Act of 1962, and its revisions; and various British Nationality laws. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These laws determine who is, or is eligible to be, a national of Jamaica.
It also houses the offices of the Jamaica Tourist Board, [8] the Jamaica Information Service [9] and the European Regional Office of Jamaica Trade and Invest. [10] JHC UK (the Jamaican High Commission in the United Kingdom) prides itself in providing a rounded diplomatic experience to Jamaican Foreign Service officers, as it deals with ...
British African-Caribbean people or British Afro-Caribbean people are an ethnic group in the United Kingdom. [5] They are British citizens whose recent ancestors originate from the Caribbean , and further trace much of their ancestry to West and Central Africa or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK.
Visa requirements for Jamaican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Jamaica.As of 2024, Jamaican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 89 countries and territories, ranking the Jamaican passport 55th, tied with Guyanese passport and Nauruan passport in terms of travel freedom according to Henley Passport Index., [1]
The British Nationality Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 56) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom on British nationality law which defined British nationality by creating the status of "Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies" (CUKC) as the sole national citizenship of the United Kingdom and all of its colonies.
The primary law governing nationality in the United Kingdom is the British Nationality Act 1981, which came into force on 1 January 1983. Regulations apply to the British Islands, which include the UK itself (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) and the Crown dependencies (Jersey, Guernsey, and the Isle of Man); and the 14 British Overseas Territories.
Commonwealth citizenship is acquired by virtue of being a citizen of a Commonwealth member state [17] or, in the United Kingdom, a country listed in Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981. This list closely follows the composition of the organisation, but is not always the same. [ 18 ]