AIT 1. Malaysian British Overseas Citizens (BOCs) who have (or have had) Malaysian nationality cannot derive from their status as BOCs a right to enter or reside in the UK.
2. The refusal to recognise such a right is not a breach of Arts 3, 8 or 14 of the ECHR.
3. A Malaysian BOC does not lose Malaysian nationality by a unilateral voluntary act of applying for a BOC passport or of purported renunciation of nationality. Deprival of nationality and acceptance of renunciation require a formal act of the Federal Government and are not automatic or irreversible.
[2009] UKAIT 00026
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England and Wales
Updated: 09 June 2021; Ref: scu.347495