PS it stands and falls on the definition of "by birth" vs "by descent" (section 4 and 5) and application of that to those people in transition in section 12.

To me it looks like my father is by birth.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/194 ... 056_en.pdf

I went through an agent and they never mentioned anything about registering first. My father holds a full British Passport. He lives in the UK. According to many people online (especially company xxxxx) there appears to be a potential non standard route to getting a passport based on the colonial st...

Hi Can anyone help me. My Grandfather was born in the UK, my father born in Zim/Rhodesia in 1939, I was born in Zim in 1979. A passport application agent assured me that because my father was born in a British colony I would qualify for a British Passport. My father has always held a British Passpor...