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Many thanks, it was really helpful!alterhase58 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:38 pmIf you are naturalised in the UK you are British other than by descent. That’ll never change.
If a child is born to you abroad then that child will be British by descent.
If that child has a child born abroad that child won’t be British!
British nationality law is complex and I won’t be able to explain fully….
meself2 wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:41 pmIf you're naturalized, it's otherwise then by descent.
In a nutshell, if someone was born abroad to a British parent, they're British by descent -> cannot pass their citizenship onto their kids. For example, if person A, a Brit, gives birth to their child B in Pakistan, child B would not be able to pass their citizenship if their child (child C) is also born outside the UK.
Other ways of getting citizenship (naturalization/birth in UK to British parents/etc) are otherwise than by descent.
It applies to children born OUTSIDE the UK.
Yes thank you!secret.simon wrote: ↑Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:49 pmIt applies specifically to children born outside the UK, as CR001 has mentioned above.
British citizenship can be passed on automatically to only one generation outside the UK.
See this thread about how a British citizen by descent parent born in Bangladesh was unable to pass on British citizenship to his own children also born in Bangladesh. If they had been born in the UK, they would have been British citizens,
