It's Decided! We are moving back!
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I would concur with the other comments that getting a French passport would be much simpler and cheaper than going down the spouse visa route. It also wouldn't prevent you from naturalising as a British citizen after five years' residence in the UK if you wanted to.
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
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I would concur with the other comments that getting a French passport would be much simpler and cheaper than going down the spouse visa route. It also wouldn't prevent you from naturalising as a British citizen after five years' residence in the UK if you wanted to.
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
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I would concur with the other comments that getting a French passport would be much simpler and cheaper than going down the spouse visa route. It also wouldn't prevent you from naturalising as a British citizen after five years' residence in the UK if you wanted to.
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
What's your claim to French citizenship? You say your mother is French but she hasn't been registered in your family's livret de famille - was she born in France or Australia?
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I may be wrong and clutching at straws but my mother is a French born Australian. So she can get citizenship. I have seen another case online where someone in another country had the same situation as me and got a passport (I am half French afterall) as the French recognise blood. Or something. I'd have to find out the process they undertook but it seemed confusing. I'm holding little hope.
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Born in Australia to French parents and her mum claims she did the citizenship process but I'm not so sure. She definitely could apply though afaik.
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Okay, so not French-born, but Australian by birth and French by descent. Providing your mother was registered with the French authorities after she was born then you can also register as a French citizen.
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What route do I take to start this process. You've been so helpful
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I can't say it's a specialist area of mine but no I don't think so. I suspect she would need be registered before you could be though. I would approach the French Consulate-General in Sydney for more information.
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