It is clear that we need to register, however 3(1) does not discuss our situation at all as it does speak about residency and intent etc. which we do not meet, my question is if we can possibly register without meeting any residency requirement.

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Trying my luck again if anyone encountered this situation - Can a minor child (under the age of 18) born outside the UK to a 4L registered parent (registered otherwise than by descent) and that never lived or intends to live in the UK (both child and parent) register as a British citizen ? reading t...

my wife recently registered under 4L (born in SA) with a UK born paternal grandmother, we enquired at a few solicitors who told us that since 4L is not by descent we can register the non UK born kids without any residency requirement (all 3 where absolutely confident that it is possible rather than ...

Thanks for the response, we were among the first to apply (a year ago) and were notified in June that the application was successful (in total it took 6 months). The certificate of registration explicitly reads 4L at the bottom right of the certificate. It appears that registration under 4L would be...

My wife has recently registered as a British citizen under 4L (gender discrimination), her paternal grand mother was UK born while she and her father were born in S.A, hence I suppose registered as "otherwise than by decent" We have 3 children under the age 0f 18 and we wonder if we can re...