Not clear where you get the view that it's "expensive" from. I mean with getting the appropriate documents (not sure what it will take to get relevant birth certificates, anything I'm missing, etc). Upon applying, the passport itself, if successful, would be a few hundred dollars (at leas...

One point about Jamaican citizenship to be aware of. If you do become a Jamaican citizen then you will not be entitled to American consular protection while in that country, if you were to get into trouble there. In particular, you would need to investigate if Jamaica would oblige you to enter and ...

Incidentally, if your paternal grandfather was born in the U.K. and your grandparents were married, your own Jamaica born father would have retained his British nationality at independence. However, and this is where you would be out of luck, is that on 1 January 1983 your father would have become ...

Have you checked to see if you are a Jamaican citizen by descent, or at least eligible to apply for Jamaican citizenship? http://www.constitution-and-rights.com/dual-citizenship.html With a Jamaican passport (Commonwealth country) you would be entitled to an Ancestry Visa if you have a U.K. born gr...

I know this is an old one, but I did a search and this one is perfect for my question, as the first poster has much in common with my situation. My father was born in Jamaica in 1929, and emigrated to America in 1945. I was born in the US in 1985, and am an American citizen. Moving into the realm of...