Originally Posted by
volosong
If you can get UK citizenship, you can settle on a permanent basis anywhere in the Commonwealth. Australia, New Zealand, Canada, to name the most desirable ones. Even Gibraltar, North Ireland, ir Scotland. I hear there's great cycling around Christchurch and the climate in Perth is very similar to San Diego. How much more perfect can that be? Except for distance from family, that is.
Not quite true. I am a Brit living in Canada, and needed to jump through all sorts of hoops to get residency here.
It certainly used to be the case that Britain gave citizenship with birth. Don't know if that has changed.