Editing Jersey (section)

=== Nationality and citizenship ===
[[Jersey people]] are the native nation on the island;{{r|Minahan 2000 349|Quayle 1815 48|IDBoard}} however, they do not form a majority of the population.<ref name="JerseyCensus-2022" /> Jersey people are often called Islanders or, in individual terms, Jerseyman or Jerseywoman. Jersey people did not generally identify themselves as English prior to [[Acts of Union 1707|the Union of Britain]]. Jersey was culturally and geographically much closer to Normandy and there were limited cross-Channel links. However, wars with France, including invasions of Jersey, grew loyalty to Britain over time and the French came more and more to be seen as a distinct people. By the start of the 19th century, Jersey people generally identified as British, which can be seen through the treatment of the Breton immigrants of the time as a distinct nation. The growth of the British migrant population strengthened the role of English and the British cultural influence. Finally, the introduction of compulsory education – which was exclusively in English – and the period of the Occupation reduced the traditional and Norman cultural influences and increased British cultural practices and pride in British nationhood among the island population.<ref name="Le Feuvre-1994">{{Cite book |last=Le Feuvre |first=David |title=JERSEY: Not quite British |publisher=Seaflower Books |year=1994 |location=Jersey}}</ref>

Nationality law in Jersey is conferred by the British Nationality Act 1981 extended to the island by an Order in Council with the consent of the States of Jersey. [[British nationality law]] confers British citizenship onto those with suitable connections to Jersey.<ref name="Nationality Act">{{Cite web |title=British Nationality Act 1981 |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1981/cukpga_19810061_en_8#pt5-l1g57 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001142348/http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1981/cukpga_19810061_en_8 |archive-date=1 October 2009 |access-date=14 September 2009 |website=Legislation, UK, Acts |publisher=[[Office of Public Sector Information]] |quote=the Islands" means the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; [...] the United Kingdom" means Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Islands, taken together}}</ref><ref name="Torrance-2022">{{Cite report |url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8611/CBP-8611.pdf |title=The Crown Dependencies |last=Torrance |first=David |date=20 June 2022 |publisher=House of Commons Research Library |access-date=16 November 2022 |archive-date=14 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014011359/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8611/CBP-8611.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The Lieutenant Governor's office issues [[British passport]]s (specifically the [[Jersey-variant British passport|Jersey variant]]) to British citizens with a connection to Jersey by residency or birth.<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1272536695678873600 |user=GovJersey |title=Islanders who apply for a passport will start to be issued the new blue Jersey variant British passport from this week |author=[[Government of Jersey]] |date=15 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jersey Citizens Advice – Passports ( 2.7.1. ) |url=https://www.cab.org.je/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:passports-271&catid=17&Itemid=49 |access-date=30 January 2021 |website=www.cab.org.je |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413204516/https://www.cab.org.je/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:passports-271&catid=17&Itemid=49 |url-status=live }}</ref>