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Is my girlfriend a british citizen???

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potnoodle1978
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Is my girlfriend a british citizen???

Post by potnoodle1978 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:58 pm

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. :D

Jay
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Wanderer
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Post by Wanderer » Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:09 pm

He mother must if she has a British Passport!
An chéad stad eile Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile....
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potnoodle1978
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Post by potnoodle1978 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:45 pm

sorry...

didn't make myself clear :D Her mother has a Jamaican passport... her grandparents (mother's side) have British passports
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Wanderer
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Post by Wanderer » Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:58 pm

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?
An chéad stad eile Stáisiún Uí Chonghaile....
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mochyn
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Post by mochyn » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:01 pm

If mother has ILR then the daughter has citizenship
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potnoodle1978
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Post by potnoodle1978 » Wed Dec 30, 2009 4:50 pm

yes father is british but never married the mother.... will this delay her passport application
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JAJ
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Post by JAJ » Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:27 pm

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.
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