if you are British then you are allowed to live in France - regardless of the fact that you entered on a Schengen visa. This is my logical thinking also. My becoming a british citizen essentially invalidated my previous visa. The thing is whether the authorities see it this way or if they simply tr...

Hi, many people offered helpful advice during my application process and I was successful in registering as a british citizen. It was about a year ago now. i immediately applied for a passport but work took me overseas shortly after I applied so it arrived at a friends place in France where it has b...

Just thought I'd post and say that I managed to become a british citizen and acquire a passport. Thanks to all for their help.

the replies are appreciated. they helped me to continue searching for the confirmation i was looking for. though the australian government websites are not helpful for anything but current births and naturalisations, i can confirm from reading that my father was a british citizen by descent accordin...

i cannot say for sure, because it is impossible to tell how he was recognised as a CUKC without getting a determination from the home office, but i think i have found the relevant legislation... from the 1948 act: 12(2) A person who was a British subject immediately before the date of the commenceme...

thanks for the reply, i have read that and all the relevant guidance documents and legislation i can find. i can't see how the 1981 legislation classifies people who were subjects born overseas who became citizens of a commonwealth country in 1949 and then took up british citizenship again. my fathe...

hi, sorry to revive an old thread, but I would be very interested to know the outcome of this.

Thanks!

Hi, I have asked another question in another thread, but I wanted to ask this separate question here. My apologies if this is not the done thing. Grandfather is Born in England around turn of the century. Father is born in Australia in 1948. Sister is born in Australia in 1986. Is my father a citize...

I think the answer is no, but I am unsure how to confirm. I asked this question on another board and it was suggested I ask here, so here goes. Thanks to anyone who has input. My father was born in 1948, in australia. His father (my grandfather), was born in england to english parents and was an off...