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-: and it appears that there are grandparents that allow such an application. That is, if the father was born in 1927 then the grandparents were clearly born before 31.03.1922.Do I qualify for UK Ancestry?
You will qualify if you can show that:
* you are a Commonwealth citizen
* you are aged 17 or over
* you have a grandparent who was born in the UK, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man (see note below)
* you have a grandparent who was born in what is now the Republic of Ireland before 31 March 1922 (see note below)
* you are able to work and intend to do so in the UK, and
* you can support yourself and any dependants, and live without needing any help from public funds.
This is incorrect information. You are confused with the law change relating to children of British mothers born overseas between 1961 and 1982.Siggi wrote:I do beleive that the law has just recently change, which now allows illegitimate children of British fathers to claim full British Nationlity, providing that they where born after 1960- so your friend should qualify.
It seems that it doesn't matter. Section 5 of the Republic of Ireland's Status of Children Act 1987 says that:John wrote: Possibility of Irish Nationality? This webpage suggests that it might be easy to claim Irish Citizenship, given that if the grandparents were Irish. Whether the fact that the parents were not married makes any difference is not mentioned.
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=8413Siggi wrote:JAJ,
I'm sure I read that the BNA had very recently changed the law to allow illegitimate childern of British father to become British.
The problem is I don't know where I read it!
All I know is that I read it either on this site or on the BNA site.
I will try later on to find it.
From when I did this I think u need not only birth certificates but marriage and death certs too. For parent and grandparent.Jesus-INN wrote:Possibility of Irish Nationality? This webpage suggests that it might be easy to claim Irish Citizenship, given that if the grandparents were Irish. Whether the fact that the parents were not married makes any difference is not mentioned.
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John
However to make an application to register as an Irish citizen:
1. At least one grandparent must have been born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland (a lot of people find out the link is only great-grandparent)
2. Acquisition of Irish citizenship this way may cause loss of South African citizenship unless permission to keep it is obtained in advance.
There is no reason why someone cannot pursue both an Ancestry Visa and Irish citizenship by registration simultaneously.
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Hello John, Hello Jaj
Thanks for your comments :P .
Let me understand it correctly (I am not english speaking mother tongue):
To become an Irish citizen, I only have to have/had irish grand parents!?
How can I proof that?
We don't have yet any useful information from the grand parents
(street, village/county) in Ireland.
The only thing we have, is the "Certified Copy Of An Entry Of Birth" of his father, born in West Derby Eastern Co. Liverpool, England in 1926 (sorry for the 1 year error).
Means do I need this information or is the birth certificate of the father with the name of the parents and the birth certificate of my friend (with the fathers name) enough?
Thanks in advance
I will come back to this forum, as soon as I got the information back from my friend.
God bless
Jesus-INN
If you have a grandparent born in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland then you may apply for registration as an Irish citizen.Jesus-INN wrote: To become an Irish citizen, I only have to have/had irish grand parents!?
How can I proof that?
We don't have yet any useful information from the grand parents
(street, village/county) in Ireland.
The only thing we have, is the "Certified Copy Of An Entry Of Birth" of his father, born in West Derby Eastern Co. Liverpool, England in 1926 (sorry for the 1 year error).
Means do I need this information or is the birth certificate of the father with the name of the parents and the birth certificate of my friend (with the fathers name) enough?