Britannia Waives The Rules: Story of the Quandary of My Status of British Citizenship

By Narhari Patel

Britannia Waives The Rules gives an example of the folly of the U.K. Citizenship and Immigration Act proven by the story of the quandary of the author’s national status on passports, with contradictory endorsements and written advices by various officials of the British High Commission (Malawi), the Home Office and The Foreign and Commonwealth office. These range from “British Subject: Citizen of Rhodesia and Nyasaland”, cancelled to “British Subject : Citizen of the U.K. and Colonies”, cancelled to “British Protected Person” and from “… no conditions are attached to your stay in the U.K. …” to “As you are a British Protected Person, you are subject to Immigration control” and from “ Your new passport describes you as a British Protected Person with the right to re-admission to the U.K”. and “You are not a British Citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981” to “The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the British Nationality Act 1981, has registered (the author) as a British Citizen”.

Dr, Patel’s story will attract the interest of legal immigration experts, members of Indian / Pakistani and East European communities residing in the U.K. both legally and illegally, as well as asylum seekers.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
• Release date: Sep 28, 2023
• ISBN: 9781803138114

Narhari Patel

Dr Narhari Patel was born in Malawi, educated both there and in U.K. He holds a Bsc(Hons)Arch U.K. (1975) and a PhD(History)U.S.A. (2005). He is a historian who has written books on the ‘Sikh Soldiers of the Raj’, ‘Field Marshal Rommel’ & ‘Paddy & Patel’ (Published by Troubador) as well as other history books.

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Contents

Foreword

This is a story of the quandary of Dr. Patel’s national status on passports endorsed by various officials of the British High Commission in Nyasaland (now Malawi) beginning with British Subject: Citizen of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. This was then cancelled to read, British Subject: Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies. This was further cancelled to read, British Protected Person with contradictory advices in writing from officials of the British High Commission, the Home Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office such as from I am writing to you to say that no conditions are attached to your stay in the United Kingdom and you are free to take employment to As you are a British Protected Person, you are subject to Immigration Control. From You are not a British Citizen under the British Nationality Act 1981 to The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by the British Nationality Act 1981, has registered (Narharibhai Dayaljibhai ) as a British Citizen. From Although you have a potential claim to citizenship of the United Kingdom and colonies under section 74(2) of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (Dissolution) order in Council, 1963, confirmation of this status would be dependant upon your producing the appropriate documentary evidence to …….(he) would then qualify as a British Protected Person under the Order in Council 1949.

And from the endorsement, Holder is entitled to re-admission to the United Kingdom and Given leave to enter the United Kingdom for an indefinite period" to Should your wife go to the United Kingdom to live, you may apply for a settlement entry clearance to join her if you are able to show that adequate maintenance and accommodation is available without recourse to public funds you would be granted entry clearance [Having signed an official Secrets Act yellow slip, Dr. Patel had briefly worked for DHSS at Wentworth House, Ilford where, as a Clerical Assistant, he was assigned to process and provide giro cheques (public funds!) to eligible claimants on the dole