Will I loose British Nationality if I go to live in NZ?
If you’ve been naturalised as a British citizen, that is permanent and can’t be taken away, just as if you were born British. I know some other countries are different – the Netherlands makes naturalised citizens lose citizenship if they are out of the country for more than 10 years, for example – but that doesn’t apply to us Brits. The only way you can be deprived of British citizenship is if the Home Secretary decides that it would be “conducive to the public good” (see the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006). That only applies if you are a dual citizen, as that Act also provides that it wouldn’t be done to leave you with no nationality at all. Enjoy NZ – you’re British for life unless you become a terrorist!
