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Is my girlfriend a british citizen???
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:58 pm
by potnoodle1978
This is a nightmare!!! my girlfriend was born in UK 1986 and wants to apply for her 1st passport.. Her mother has a jamaican passport, but came here with her parents in 1964. Her parents have british passports.
We want to go away next year and she has just told me all this i'm starting to panic because the UKBA website is difficult for me to understand.
So question is... Is my girlfriend a British Citizen? Is her mother?
If I've posted this on the wrong section I apologise.
Jay
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:09 pm
by Wanderer
He mother must if she has a British Passport!
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:45 pm
by potnoodle1978
sorry...
didn't make myself clear
Her mother has a Jamaican passport... her grandparents (mother's side) have British passports
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:58 pm
by Wanderer
potnoodle1978 wrote:sorry...
didn't make myself clear :D Her mother has a Jamaican passport... her grandparents (mother's side) have British passports
What about the Father? Does the mother have ILR?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:01 pm
by mochyn
If mother has ILR then the daughter has citizenship
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:50 pm
by potnoodle1978
yes father is british but never married the mother.... will this delay her passport application
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:27 pm
by JAJ
potnoodle1978 wrote:yes father is british but never married the mother.... will this delay her passport application
Once again, if the mother has ILR then she is British. Does mother have ILR or not?
If mother does not have ILR then she is not British (father does not count and it's too late to apply for citizenship based on father). However, in that case, assuming she has lived in the UK until age 10, she can apply for British citizenship on this basis.