Malawi - Passport & Nationality - British Nationality
British Nationality could be obtained through your birth, or through the birth of any one of your parents or grandparents, in Malawi. This arises because of Britain's relationship with Nyasaland and Britain's Colonial history. As a general rule, any person born in Nyasaland before 05.07.1964 was a British Protected Person (BPP).
STATUS OF MALAWI (formerly Nyasaland)
From 21.09.1889 until 28.02.1958, Nyasaland was a British Protectorate.
Between 01.03.1958 until 31.12.1963, it was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, an independent Commonwealth country but still treated as a Protectorate.
From 01.01.1964 until 05.07.1964, it was a British Protectorate.
From 06.07.1964 until the present day, it was an independent Commonwealth country.
Click here for more information on the status of a British Protected Person (based on birth in a British Protectorate).