British military birth?
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British military birth?
Hi,
My wife is British and we live in the United states. I'm trying to puzzle out her citizenship because we have had a child here in the USA.
Now, my wife was born in 1975 to British (other than by descent) parents, in Germany whilst her father was deployed and actively serving in the British Armed forces. She believes it was at a military hospital,
Is she considered British by descent only, or other than by descent? Can she pass her British citizenship on to our children born outside of the UK?
She is of the opinion that since her parents were deployed her birth is the same as if it was on British soil, but I've been reading conflicting information regarding whether that changed in 1983 and whether or not that would be retroactive to her birth in 1975.
Thanks!
My wife is British and we live in the United states. I'm trying to puzzle out her citizenship because we have had a child here in the USA.
Now, my wife was born in 1975 to British (other than by descent) parents, in Germany whilst her father was deployed and actively serving in the British Armed forces. She believes it was at a military hospital,
Is she considered British by descent only, or other than by descent? Can she pass her British citizenship on to our children born outside of the UK?
She is of the opinion that since her parents were deployed her birth is the same as if it was on British soil, but I've been reading conflicting information regarding whether that changed in 1983 and whether or not that would be retroactive to her birth in 1975.
Thanks!
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Re: British military birth?
She would be otherwise than by descent if her father was recruited in the UK. As an officer needs to go to one of the military colleges in the UK they are assumed to have been recruited in the UK. For other ranks you would need to provide evidence of where her father was enlisted. Typically the father’s service record would be sufficient.
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Re: British military birth?
Children born to UK military personnel with British citizenship (some are not) are registered with the local British consulates via the military admin services - as British Citizens. My son was born in Paderborn and we got a British birth certificate soon after.