Honorary citizenship of the United States Honorary citizenship of the United States A person of exceptional merit, generally a non-United States citizen, may be declared an honorary citizen of the United States by an Act of Congress or by a proclamation issued by the President of the United States, pursuant to authorization granted by Congress. Eight people have been so honored, six posthumously, and two, Sir Winston Churchill and Mother Teresa, during their lifetimes. For Lafayette and Mother Teresa, the honor was proclaimed directly by an Act of Congress. In the other cases, an Act of Congress was passed authorizing the President to grant honorary citizenship
British Overseas citizen spending 13 months in Nairobi Airport, he was eventually granted full British citizenship in 2005. Acquisition of another country's citizenship does not cause loss of British Overseas citizenship. However, if an entitlement to registration as a British citizen under section 4B is held it will be lost if the person acquires another nationality before becoming a British citizen. British Overseas citizens may be deprived of British Overseas citizenship on terms similar to those applicable to British citizens. A British Overseas citizen may renounce British Overseas citizenship on the same basis as a British citizen. However, there is no provision to