The type of citizenship you will acquire

You will be registered as a British citizen if your application is successful and you have spent more time in the United Kingdom than in the British overseas territories during the five-year period.

You will be registered as a British overseas territories citizen if your application is successful and you have spent more time in the British overseas territories than the United Kingdom during the five-year period.

You will be a British overseas territories citizen if you are connected with a British overseas territory because you or your parents were born, registered or naturalised in that British overseas territory. If you were born before 1 January 1983, you may gain the citizenship through your grandparents. (See British overseas territory.)British citizens have the right to live in the United Kingdom permanently and are free to leave and re-enter the country at any time. British citizenship is given to people who have a close connection with the United Kingdom, which includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. A close connection may be by birth, adoption, descent, marriage, registration or naturalisation.