Complex - Am I British Citizen by Descent?
Aug 20th 2011, 8:01 pm
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Complex - Am I British Citizen by Descent?
I am wondering if I can get British Citizenship by descent.
I was born in 73 in Australia.
My mother was and always has been British. She was born in 1946 in Israel. Her father was serving there in the British Army. Her father was born in Germany but got British citizenship by descent.
I am trying to determine if my mother got her citizenship other than by descent because:
- Her father was serving in the British Army posted in Israel
- Israel was under the "British Mandate of Palestine" at the time
I was reading this post over here but it doesn't clarify it for me:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683055
Any ideas?
I was born in 73 in Australia.
My mother was and always has been British. She was born in 1946 in Israel. Her father was serving there in the British Army. Her father was born in Germany but got British citizenship by descent.
I am trying to determine if my mother got her citizenship other than by descent because:
- Her father was serving in the British Army posted in Israel
- Israel was under the "British Mandate of Palestine" at the time
I was reading this post over here but it doesn't clarify it for me:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683055
Any ideas?
Aug 22nd 2011, 2:08 am
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Re: Complex - Am I British Citizen by Descent?
I am wondering if I can get British Citizenship by descent.
I was born in 73 in Australia.
My mother was and always has been British. She was born in 1946 in Israel. Her father was serving there in the British Army. Her father was born in Germany but got British citizenship by descent.
I am trying to determine if my mother got her citizenship other than by descent because:
- Her father was serving in the British Army posted in Israel
- Israel was under the "British Mandate of Palestine" at the time
I was born in 73 in Australia.
My mother was and always has been British. She was born in 1946 in Israel. Her father was serving there in the British Army. Her father was born in Germany but got British citizenship by descent.
I am trying to determine if my mother got her citizenship other than by descent because:
- Her father was serving in the British Army posted in Israel
- Israel was under the "British Mandate of Palestine" at the time
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...britishmother/
Regarding requirement 2, you may be in luck because although your mother was a Citizen of the UK & Colonies (CUKC) by descent, she was born in Palestine while it was under a British mandate (until 15 May 1948).
See section 5 of the British Nationality Act 1948:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/...9480056_en.pdf
As a result, since your mother was born in Palestine and was a CUKC, you would have been a CUKC if the law had been different when you were born in 1973.
However, there is a THIRD requirement you need to meet, which is that you need to show that you would have had Right of Abode before 1983 if you had been a CUKC. One grandparent born in the UK will be enough - your grandfather born in Germany won't count, but were any of your other grandparents born in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man?
