Dokument #1268166
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The Consular Section of the British High
Commission in Ottawa provided in a telephone communication with the
IRBDC on 28 January 1991 the following information:
The status of British Protected Person is
indicated in a British passport and is granted to persons who were
born in British protectorates before their independence. This
status does not give the person the right of abode in Great
Britain. The person can visit Great Britain with a visa, and is
subject to the Immigration Act and regulations of the country. A
person who is a citizen of any country would not be given British
Protected Person status. A person who has British Protected Person
status and obtains citizenship in any country would lose the
protected status.
The Embassy of Sierra Leone in the United
States indicated in a telephone communication with the IRBDC on 28
January 1991 that a person with British Protected Status would
require permission from the government of Sierra Leone to reside
and work in Sierra Leone, since they are not considered a citizen
of that country.
Further information on the requested
subject could not be found among the sources currently available to
the IRBDC.