Bloody Aussie immigrants
Aug 30th 2017, 8:27 pm
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Re: Bloody Aussie immigrants
Most of the sob stories you read in the press are people who didn't do their homework, were given poor advice or simply decided that the rules didn't apply to them.
Last edited by BritInParis; Aug 30th 2017 at 8:29 pm.
Aug 30th 2017, 8:28 pm
#17
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Re: Bloody Aussie immigrants
My take: Mr Ridge is a British citizen but he likely did not provide the correct paperwork to prove this.
His mother was born legitimately in Australia to British-born parents before 1983 and therefore automatically received Australian citizenship by birth and British citizenship by descent. Since Mr Ridge was born illegitimately in the UK after 1 January 1983 but before 1 July 2006 he would only be a British citizen if his mother was a British citizen or was settled (RoA, ILR, EEA PR) in the UK which she was.
My guess is that Mr Ridge has lodged an application for his passport and only provided his birth certificate: British-born father, Australian-born mother, illegitimate birth. Taken at face value this would mean he would not be entitled to British citizenship. If he had also provided his mother's Australian birth certificate showing that she was a British citizen by descent then his application would have been successful. The circumstances are virtually identical to the OP on this thread.
Edit: Having written all this out I note that the Home Office have now clarified that is in fact a British citizen. It's not clear though whether it was a cock-up at HMPO or he failed to provide sufficient evidence.
His mother was born legitimately in Australia to British-born parents before 1983 and therefore automatically received Australian citizenship by birth and British citizenship by descent. Since Mr Ridge was born illegitimately in the UK after 1 January 1983 but before 1 July 2006 he would only be a British citizen if his mother was a British citizen or was settled (RoA, ILR, EEA PR) in the UK which she was.
My guess is that Mr Ridge has lodged an application for his passport and only provided his birth certificate: British-born father, Australian-born mother, illegitimate birth. Taken at face value this would mean he would not be entitled to British citizenship. If he had also provided his mother's Australian birth certificate showing that she was a British citizen by descent then his application would have been successful. The circumstances are virtually identical to the OP on this thread.
Edit: Having written all this out I note that the Home Office have now clarified that is in fact a British citizen. It's not clear though whether it was a cock-up at HMPO or he failed to provide sufficient evidence.
Aug 31st 2017, 5:03 am
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Re: Bloody Aussie immigrants
British-born man told to leave country in Home Office blunder - BBC News
Home Office officials had failed to establish that his maternal grandmother was British, and his mother had dual nationality.
Home Office officials had failed to establish that his maternal grandmother was British, and his mother had dual nationality.
Aug 31st 2017, 1:54 pm
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Re: Bloody Aussie immigrants
The Home Office has since reviewed its records and a spokeswoman said: "We have now established that Mr Ridge is automatically a British citizen.
"We have spoken with Mr Ridge to apologise for this error and the distress caused.
"When Mr Ridge applied for right of abode, we did not identify that his maternal grandmother was British and that as a result his mother had settled status in the UK at the time of his birth."
"We have spoken with Mr Ridge to apologise for this error and the distress caused.
"When Mr Ridge applied for right of abode, we did not identify that his maternal grandmother was British and that as a result his mother had settled status in the UK at the time of his birth."
Aug 31st 2017, 2:04 pm
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Re: Bloody Aussie immigrants
That's usually when there is still a legal process ongoing, e.g. immigration tribunal or deportation proceedings. No need for that here. I'm increasingly thinking this was a HMPO cock-up given the repeated mentions of applying for Right of Abode which wouldn't be relevant even if he wasn't a British citizen.
