The newest British Citizens are pictured with His Excellency the Governor John S. Duncan, OBE, Registrar General Stephanie Benn and staff from the Civil Registry and Passport Office. 

It is a great pleasure for me, as your Governor, to hand over Certificates of Naturalisation to a total of 70 people who have made their homes here in the Virgin Islands. 

All departments are notified that the telephone and internet lines Civil Registry and Passport Office are down due to a power outage.

The public is reminded that starting Thursday September 1, persons who have been working in the British Virgin Islands for five years will no longer be required to leave the Territory during the transitioning process when changing employers. 

The public is reminded that the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Visa Exemption Programme takes effect on Thursday, September 1.

The Virgin Islands now has a new service for processing passports for persons applying for British nationality.

Cabinet has approved the implementation of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Visa Exemption Programme that will go into effect from Thursday, September 1.

British nationals are being reminded to ensure that their travel documents are in order this hurricane season.

Fifty-two persons received their certificates of naturalisation and are now British Overseas Territories Citizens.

It is a great pleasure for me, as your Governor, to hand over Certificates of Naturalisation to a total of 52 people who have made their homes here 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.