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alterhase58 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2023 4:38 pm

If 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 pm

If 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.

wish_uk wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:27 pm

I understand that British by descent can not pass citizenship automatically!
But does this rule only apply to the child born outside the uk or also to the child born in uk?

secret.simon wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 29, 2023 5:49 pm

It 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,