Editing Isle of Man (section)

====Manxman status====
{{Main|Manx passport}}
[[File:Isle of Man Passport (Blue).png|upright|thumb|right|British passport (Isle of Man)]]

There is no citizenship of the Isle of Man as such; Isle of Man residents are entitled to British citizenship and can obtain a full UK British passport or British Isle of Man passport.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

The Passport Office, Isle of Man, Douglas, accepts and processes applications for the [[Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man]], who is formally responsible for issuing Isle of Man–issued British passports, titled "''British passport – Isle of Man''{{-"}}. The powers conferred on the UK Secretary of State by the British Nationality Act 1981 extend to and are exercised in the Isle of Man by the Lieutenant Governor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/immigration/immigration-and-nationality-legislation |title=Isle of Man Government – Immigration and Nationality legislation |publisher=Government of the Isle of Man |website=gov.im |date= |access-date=15 March 2022 |archive-date=20 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320002138/http://www.gov.im/categories/travel-traffic-and-motoring/immigration/immigration-and-nationality-legislation/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Isle of Man-issued British passports can presently be issued to any British citizen resident in the Isle of Man and to British citizens who have a qualifying close personal connection to the Isle of Man but are now resident either in the UK or in either one of the two other Crown Dependencies, the [[Jersey|Bailiwick of Jersey]] or the [[Bailiwick of Guernsey]].{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}