That's great news!! :) And yes I can confirm that my grandparents were not diplomats! It is a pity I never realised this before. We didn't even think this was even a possible route to citizenship but it would have saved alot of money for sure! definitely going to try apply for a British passport now...

Hi, The country is Malaysia. I've now checked the full story and he was born in the UK and never officially gave up any citizenship in the UK and has a British Birth Cert but does not have a British Passport. He knows that he used to be able to get Rights of Abode but he's not sure if rules had chan...

Hi - thank you for the reply! I'm not sure exactly - I believe he moved away when he was quite young and definitely does not hold a British Passport. Both his parents are not British either. I'll have to double check the exact situation with him but he's not sure either if he's counted as a British ...

Hi, Does anyone know what the rules are if you had a parent born in the UK (before 1983) but is no longer a British Citizen? I’m am basically looking through my visa options and I probably do not qualify for ILR even though I've been in the country for 10 and a half years ( as I have been out of t...

Hi, Thanks for the quick reply. Is there any way that UKBA will use discretion or something along those lines for this 18 months period of absence? Given that most of this holiday time was spent at the start of my 10 year period when I was only 13 and travelling back home to see my parents during sc...

Hi, I have been residing in the UK for ten and a half years and I am hoping to apply for the Indefinite Leave to Remain visa, given 10 years of long residence. I have had 9 years studying under a student visa and one and a half years working under the Tier 1 post study worker visa. There have been n...