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Hello I hope someone can help me, I was born in Greece in 1980 I have a British mother and Greek farther. I have lived in England sins 1988 but I was never registerd , I have a British wife and three kids all British. My problem is that my Greek passport has expired and I thought I would just apply for a British passport thinking I would surely get one having lived hear most of my life and having a British mother, I rang the passport office and they told me due to the year I was born (1980) I need to first get registerd or nationalized I'm not sure witch and it will cost me 860 pounds. But on a second call to them they told me to fill the passport application form in providing all my mothers details as I have no contact with my father , they will then call me to set up a meeting with me to have some sort of interview at ( no cost) and that they don't see there being a problem. Any help would be great

NickLUFC wrote:Hello I hope someone can help me, I was born in Greece in 1980 I have a British mother and Greek farther. I have lived in England sins 1988 but I was never registerd , I have a British wife and three kids all British. My problem is that my Greek passport has expired and I thought I would just apply for a British passport thinking I would surely get one having lived hear most of my life and having a British mother, I rang the passport office and they told me due to the year I was born (1980) I need to first get registerd or nationalized I'm not sure witch and it will cost me 860 pounds. But on a second call to them they told me to fill the passport application form in providing all my mothers details as I have no contact with my father , they will then call me to set up a meeting with me to have some sort of interview at ( no cost) and that they don't see there being a problem. Any help would be great

See what they say in interview, Come back after interview. Let us know how it went then will be able to advice. Goodluck.

Be careful.

See also Chapter 2: Automatic acquisition - persons born before 1 January 1983.

Chapter 7: Registration by entitlement of certain people born before 1983 to women who were citizens of the United Kingdom and colonies

Can I register as a British citizen if I was born before 1983 to a British mother?