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Hello,

I am a UK citizen by descent from my mother's lineage. I was born outside of the UK. After reviewing the passport application required documents form, there is no sub category for applicants who were born prior to 1983 from a mother who is a UK citizen. The only similar category I see requires that I send in my fathers birth certificate and marriage certificate, but that won't help in my case. That won't prove anything regarding my lineage.

Has anyone experienced this problem before?


Thanks.

If it is your mother who is British and you were born abroad before 1983, you have to apply to register as a British Citizen using form UKM and pay a fee of £80 (which is the ceremony fee). You can apply for this outside the UK, but you might have to send your passport, and applications are processed in the UK.

Once you are approved and attend the ceremony, you can apply for a passport.

You seem to be asking different question in different thread. If you stick to one thread with the whole story, you will get much better help and advice.

http://www.immigrationboards.com/member ... tje/posts/

Thank you for your advice on consolidating the posts. I will do that from now on.

I have already applied for my citizenship using UKM and will be sworn in next week. My issue is with the passport application, specifically the requirement for citizens born outside the UK to include their father's birth certificate and marriage license in the application process. It is my mother who is the UK citizen, not my father. I was curious if anyone else had applied for a passport under these circumstances and if they had any advice on what supporting documents to include.

Thanks!

The requirement to provide parents birth certificate is in case you are British from birth and need the birth certificates to prove it.

This is not your case. Your parents documents are not required to support your passport application. Just your own documents (foreign passport and naturalisation certificate).