Thank you SKN and JAJ for your input.

This whole issue is vexing to say the least!

Here is something interesting to note greendaze5 I think you said your father was already settled in the UK and possibly had the right of abode read Section 1 Subsection (5) of the immigration act 1971 since you were already born you maybe free to Enter, Live & work in the UK your father may have b...

JAJ - yes, it looks like I won't qualify.

Nonetheless, thank you again for your input (and for saving me time and money!).

HH

Hi JAJ, Thanks again for the helpful info. It does indeed look like I have no right to apply for right of abode under the 1971 immigration act. My mother’s 1966 ‘Certificate of Registration as a Citizen of the UK and Colonies under Section 6 (2) of the BNA, 1948’ was issued in Hong Kong by the...

Hi JAJ, Thanks again for your input. Much appreciated! :D Yes, my mother was formally registered as a CUKC in Hong Kong in 1966. I have the certificate right in front of me as I’m typing this. Perhaps the reason why she had to register was that her original birth certificate was lost during the tu...

Is there some place in London - like a free legal clinic, or free legal aid network run by law students for example - to get expert advice about immigration issues?

thanks,

HH

Let’s say its costs £500 (ouch! ) to register as a British citizen.

But if my application is denied , how much of a refund is sent back to me (after the obligatory processing fee is charged)?

Thanks!

HH

Hello JAJ, Thanks for your input – much appreciated! I am not clear why my Hong Kong born mother needed to register as a Citizen of the UK & Colonies in Feb. 1966 while living there. Nonetheless, she did. I haven’t reached her yet to ask, and frankly, as she’s getting on in years, I doubt she ...

If you apply through UKM and are successful, then you do need to take an oath. It can be done outside the UK. (apparently you are not a British citizen already based on facts submitted up to now). Thanks to everyone for replying. No, I'm not a British citizen at the moment (hope to be) so I will ne...

Hi everyone, please help if you can. These citizenship categories and changes in law over the years are SO confusing. 1. My mother was born in 1943 in Hong Kong, making her a ‘British Dependent Territories’ citizen by birth. 2. But in 1966, she got a ‘Certificate of Registration as a Citizen o...

I hope someone can guide me though this maze of applying for my British passport. :? I am applying via Form UKM (that is ‘born before 1983 to a British mother’) available at the Immigration site in Britain Form UKM is for registration as a British citizen. Only when registered as British citize...

sushdmehta wrote:Link to UKM form on the British Embassy Washington website.


regards

Hi sushdmehta - a BIG thanks! I' didn't know I had to navigate to this section on the Washington DC site.

HH

I live in Montreal, Canada, and am applying for my British passport for the 1st time (and hence citizenship; based on descent from a parent). Anyways, if I'm successful, am I still required to take the Oath of Allegiance in a some sort of ceremony even though I'm outside the UK? I'd be glad to of co...

Hi everyone, Any advice on this would be welcome! I’m applying for citizenship through Form UKM (that is ‘born before 1983 to a British mother’). My mother was born in Hong Kong and received her ‘Certificate of Registration as a Citizen of the UK and Colonies under Section 6(2) of the BNA 19...

Hi everyone, I’m a newbie here. I hope someone can guide me though this maze of applying for my British passport. :? I am applying via Form UKM (that is ‘born before 1983 to a British mother’) available at the Immigration site in Britain: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ However, because I li...