If and when one of the parents does get ILR, he/she will be entitled to regsitration as described above. Otherwise, if he/she lives in the UK for the first ten years of his/her life - without leaving for more than 90 days per year - then he/she will finally be eligibla to be registered.

HTSG1971's mother's UK birth certificate, and his/her own Canadian birth certificate should take care of that. Both birth certs need to be "long form" or "unabridged" - ie naming the parents. If Mum's original birth certificate has gone astray, a replacement should be obtainable ...

Did you come here to seek information, or just to start a fight, heuro? This is really getting tiresome...

Do you have a friendly travel agent? There is an official IATA publication called "Travel Information Manual" (TIM) which lists the travel document requirements of virtually every country in the world. It is updated (I think) quarterly and should give the answer...

Since 16th June 2006, section 3(9) of the Immigration Act 1971 has said A person seeking to enter the United Kingdom and claiming to have the right of abode there shall prove it by means of- (a) a United Kingdom passport describing him as a British citizen, (b) a United Kingdom passport describing h...

No form is necessary to establish that you are a BOC. Schedule 2 para 1 is an automatic provision that applies to children born in UK after 1.1.83 to a BOC/BDTC/BS parent, where the child is stateless at birth. The child automatically takes the status of the BOC/BDTC/BS parent. So what you're arguin...

I cannot see how you can apply under Schedule 2 para 3, I'm afraid. Neither the "under 22" requirement nor the "five year" requirement can be varied and, from what you said in your first post, you'll be 22 before you reach the magic five years residence... BUT if you can get conf...

According to the law in which Country? British law? Plz enlight. Thanks! Indian law. I think a point to bear in mind is that, given that a person is, according to Indian law, no longer an Indian citizen once he has acquired the citizenship of another country, he is breaking the law of every country...

JAJ wrote:Passport often doesn't prove much so best to submit employer letters or tax documentation as well.

I disagree. The form doesn't say so, and neither do NIs - check para 2 of Annex B to Chapter 18

I'm also wondering did Tanzania have a loss of nationality clause at a particular age (like Kenya at age 23). It seems that Qarrar's father may have been a CUKC by descent and if he was registered as Tanzanian as a child is it possible he might have lost that status by 1985? It may depend on when G...

This is most interesting, and I can't help but wonder whether the Tanzanian High Commission is right.... I only have the citizenship legislation from around the time of independence, but it seems pretty clear that, having been born in Tanzania without a parent who was born there, Qarrar's father wou...

I'm not an expert but I'd be very surprised if the UK courts would accept a petition for divorce from someone who isn't ordinarily resident in th UK. I don't know how long you have been together, but I wonder if an unmarried partner visa would work in these circumstances? You'd need to show you had ...

Cheers RZ - sorry we couldn't come up with a more favourable answer....

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I'm no great expert in the Immigration Rules but the impression I get from other posts in this forum is that appeals in these circumstances are unlikely to do anything but delay the day, rather than to change the final outcome, which is that your other half should return to China to make her visa ap...

There's certainly nothing to prevent you applying now, but I think it would be better to time the application so that the visa will be issued closer to your planned travel date. It really depends on how long the British Embassy in Lima (I assume you're applying there?) are going to take to issue the...

One is limited - ie there is a time limit on it. The other isn't - it is indefinite. If (heaven forbid!) your partnership were to break up before you have converted your present probationary leave to indefinite leave, then you may find yourself unable to continue to live and work in UK. I would imag...

I think you will need to wait until you have indefinite leave to remain...

AIUI, either Paul travels first, and you join him, or you travel together.

Yes - I am talking here about British nationality - and also the ability to live in UK independently - eg on a UK Ancestry visa. You haven't until now mentioned the possibility of your mother choosing to move to the UK, and I'll leave someone else to give a view as to whether a ?26/27 year old Egypt...

Sorry, no - there is a provision introduced a couple of years ago, entitling some people born between 1961 and the end of 1982 to be registered as British citizens, but it depends on the person being in a position whereby they would have been British by descent if women had been able to transmit Bri...

You have not said what citizenship you hold. If you are Egyptian, then Egypt is not a member of the Commonwealth, and you have no eligibility for a UK Ancestry visa.

What year was your mother born?

Yes, provided she was in UK legally the whole time

Have a look at this page on the UKVisas website for details of the requirements for spouse/fiancé/unmarried partner visas. Steve was right to say that you would be eligible for naturalisation after three years residence in UK - details in Guide AN(NEW) On the subject of the ex's not having taken up ...

I don't think so, but suggest we wait for a Citizenship expert to post a detailed analysis. I suspect you will be amazed just how complicated and detailed this is! I'd love to be able to do some magic with smoke and mirrors after that build-up, but I fear that the answer is less than impressive! Th...

I don't think the answer is any different from that given when you asked the question about buying property in the UK, in November - here