Virgin Islanders will soon see a change in the process for obtaining British Overseas Territories Citizen passports which are issued locally.

It is a great pleasure for me, as your Governor, to hand over the Certificates of Naturalisation to a total of 48 people who have made their homes in the Virgin Islands.  Today is your day, marking a key milestone in your quest for British Citizenship.  Many of you will have harboured this ambition for years.  I hope and imagine that all of you are feeling a sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in attaining this citizenship status, conferring as it does the right to carry a BVI passport and to apply for a full British passport.

48 persons received their certificates of naturalisation and are now British Overseas Territories Citizens.