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.

Further to a recent press release on the problems of British Virgin Islanders entering the US Virgin Islands (USVI) on their Territory passports, the Office of the Governor and Civil Registry and Passport Office would like to confirm that the USVI and BVI visa waiver programme remains in place, as mandated. 

In light of recent statements in the media surrounding the problems of British Virgin Islanders entering the US Virgin Islands on their Territory passports....

The Registrar General and staff at the Civil Registry and Passport Office have been commended by Deputy Governor Mrs. V. Inez Archibald, CBE for their excellent job over the years as one of the few Government departments which handle sensitive documents.  

The Civil Registry and Passport Office is informing the public that their offices on Tortola will open at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday November 26, ........

The Civil Registry and Passport Office will be observing their 10^th Anniversary on December 5, under the theme, “Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation, Technology and Enhanced Service Delivery.”

Residents of Virgin Gorda are notified that the Civil Registry and Passport Office is now offering a full range of services on the sister island, five days a week.

Officials from the Civil Registry and Passport Office were able to view the process of the Centralisation of the British Overseas Territory Passport at work in the United Kingdom when they visited from September 7 to 11, 2015.

The Governor's Office is reminding British nationals to ensure that their travel documents are in order as the 2015 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaches.