British Overseas Territories and coat of arms by the British monarch. Traditionally, the flags follow the Blue Ensign design, with the Union Flag in the canton, and the territory's coat of arms in the fly. Exceptions to this are Bermuda which uses a Red Ensign; British Antarctic Territory which uses a White Ensign; British Indian Ocean Territory which uses a Blue Ensign with wavy lines to symbolise the sea; and Gibraltar which uses a banner of its coat of arms (the flag of the city of Gibraltar). Akrotiri and Dhekelia and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are the only British overseas
British National (Overseas) citizens on 21 May 2002. British Nationals (Overseas) with other citizenship or nationalities can be registered (instead of being naturalized) as British citizens under section 4 of the "British Nationality Act 1981". To qualify for registration, the applicant must: Registration under section 4 confers British citizenship "otherwise than by descent", meaning that their children born outside the UK will be British citizens "by descent". Alternatively, they may apply for naturalization, which requires the applicants to meet knowledge and language requirements (e.g., by passing the Life in the United Kingdom test) in addition to residency requirements. However, there is a shorter