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Any Gibraltarian who is a British Overseas Territories citizen and/or a British citizen, was a citizen of the European Union until Brexit, and enjoyed freedom of movement in the European Union. On 31 December 2020, the governments of Spain and the United Kingdom began negotiating a deal to allow Gibraltar to join the Schengen area. [2]
Gibraltar held the tenet of British law, jus soli, making children of aliens born in Gibraltar British by birth, and therefore they became an irremovable liability to the colony. [6] Residents with temporary work permits could have children in Gibraltar and upset the system of exclusion. [ 6 ]
The Gibraltar variant British passport [1] [2] is a British passport issued to British Citizens and British Overseas Territory Citizens who work or live in Gibraltar. Having Gibraltarian status alone, without being resident in Gibraltar, is insufficient to obtain a Gibraltar Passport. Gibraltar passports are issued by the Passport Office of the ...
The Gibraltar sovereignty referendum of 1967 was held on 10 September 1967, in which Gibraltarian citizens were asked whether they wished to pass under Spanish sovereignty, with Gibraltarians keeping their British citizenship and a special status for Gibraltar within Spain; or remain under British sovereignty, with its own self-governing institutions.
Gibraltar has been under British rule since 1704. It lies near the southernmost point of the Iberian Peninsula, almost entirely surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea (the Bay of Gibraltar to the west, the Strait of Gibraltar to the south, the Alboran Sea to the east and Spain to the north). It is one of only two British overseas territories in ...
Special provision was made for persons from Gibraltar to acquire British citizenship. Since 2002, this mainly relates to EU nationals who have acquired Overseas Territory Citizen status to live in Gibraltar. Foreign spouses were treated equally under the law.
British citizenship and nationality law; Introduction; British nationality law ... was born in Gibraltar on or before the 30th day of June 1925; or (b) is the child ...
The Gibraltar identity card is an official identity document issued by Civil Status and Registration Office of the Government of Gibraltar to all British citizens living in Gibraltar. Validity of the document is 10 years (5 years for children under 16).