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My friend want to become british citizen...
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:50 pm
by antalya
My Friend is 21 years old, her father was born in Cyprus in the year 1955 when Cyprus were british colony and her grand parends also been born and living in this country. But later her father has married an turkish women and has became turkish citizen, now her father and she are turkish citizens.
Ä°s it any possiblity there that she may become british citizen, british subjct or something equivalent to british citizen?
Thank you very much for your answer!
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:31 pm
by Backer
Don't think your friend's father was British citizen at the time your friend was born. If that was true, and unless special circumstances, most cypriots could have been British citizens, which is of course not true.
The key here is whether your friend's father had the right to abode in the UK in in 1983. The fact that her father is now a Turkish citizen has nothing to do with this.
Further information is on:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... noverseas/
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 2:35 pm
by Backer
BTW - Why not apply for Cypriot citizenship (since Cyprus is part of the EU)?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:08 pm
by Nazia88
Backer wrote:BTW - Why not apply for Cypriot citizenship (since Cyprus is part of the EU)?
yeah excetly.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:22 pm
by Backer
I am guessing she can't apply for Cypriot citizenship because her father was is a Turkish Cypriot but let's wait for her answer
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 6:10 pm
by antalya
I am guessing she can't apply for Cypriot citizenship because her father was is a Turkish Cypriot but let's wait for her answer
No her father was greek cypriot.
can she still apply for cupriot citizenship?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:27 pm
by Backer
I'm no expert in Cypriot nationality law but googled a little, for example:
http://www.immigrationcitizenship.eu/20 ... nship.html
Looks like it may be possible . . .