Dear all, thank you for everyone's input so far and bearing with us. The new idea of OrlandoAlbert804 was great as well but probably / hopefully not necessary. Unless we can use it to We received the national archive copy and it clearly says that this was a registration certificate of my father in ...
Dear All, the old passports only mentioned the right to abode that my father in law had at the time. The national archives apparently found his document under the following sections: HO 334 - Home Office: Immigration and Nationality Department: Duplicate Certificates of Naturalisation, Declarations ...
We have first tried to find a registration / naturalisation certificate in his old things. No joy so far. I was asking as I was hoping that between my wife‘s letter from HO and her father having a passport predating her birth from 1975 could be used to infer that she could only have become a citizen ...
Dear All, the national archive documents online do not match with my father in law as issued after he had already had his passport. Will have to phone them if the original cannot be found but there might still be hope. He definitely did not have any relatives he could have derived his citizenship ...
Ok. Step one is completed. There is a british passport of the father valid at time of my wife’s birth. It states he was a “british subject, citizen of the united kingdom and colonies”
Is that the same as having British nationality at that time?
Thanks. This gives me something to work with. I’m almost certain that her father is otherwise than by descent as he has no british ancestors and was born abroad. But now we need to prove that. What is madness is that we need the parents amrriage certificate as well? Probably the original to make m ...
addendum: I reread section 3 and understand now that her father‘s status is relevant. sorry. my oversight. Either her father (because at that time only the father could pass on CUKC status to children born outside the UK) was registered as a British citizen in the UK before her birth, OR, she was r ...
@secret.simon thanks for that. since the family dynamics are complicated I am not sure if we will be able to get hold of her deceased father‘s certificate. I thought she could register her children as british irrespective of her father‘s status if she lived here long enough. what am I missing? which ...
Dear Vinny, Dear secret.simon, thank you very much for your extensive input. I can follow your explanations and realize that 11(1) does not spell out the descent status. Thanks for pointing out the national archive to us. Will check this. regarding your questions: 1) I was under the impression from ...
as an addendum: the document reads: "with reference to the application for the registration your daughter ........., I am directed by the secreteary of state to say that nationality is a matter of law....... . Nevertheless, on the basis of the information and documentary evidence you have furnished ...
I understand that. Her father sadly passed away some time ago, so we worked under the assumption that he was pakistani national who worked in the UK from the 60s the he would have had settled status. As my wife then moved to the UK at 2months age she would have lived in the UK more than 5 years in ...
Hi Vinny, thanks for that. Even though this is complicated, from reading the guidance you referenced I don't think my wife meets the "by descent" criteria and would therefore be "otherwise than by descent". But it is quite a complicated read. I've found this guidance on gov.uk https://www.gov.uk ...
Dear All, I have read and learned a lot from these pages and perused most available government sites and caseworker guidance as well as the original legislative texts. My wife was born in Pakistan before 1981 to two pakistani nationals (father however lived and worked in the UK at that time and some ...
