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Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:03 am
by Hilary
Hi again.
Ok, I now hold ILR (2020)
My husband is British from birth
Our daughters are born here, & are dual citizens-Filipino.
The children were born whilst I was on a spouse visa & extended leave visa
I understand that for these daughters children, those children will need to be born here in the uk for the citizenship to pass down. Meaning, if those children are born in the Philippines they’ll have no right to citizenship here in the uk!?
Anyone?
Best regards
Re: Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:45 am
by CR001
Your children are British otherwise than by descent.
If they have children outside the UK, their children will be British by descent.
Re: Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:03 am
by secret.simon
Hilary wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 10:03 am
Our daughters are born here
Where is "here"? Is it the UK, the Philippines or somewhere else?
If your daughters were in the UK, then
CR001's advice above is correct. Your British born daughters will be British citizens otherwise than by descent and children born to them (your grandchildren) anywhere in the world will be British citizens by descent. However, British citizenship can descent automatically only one generation outside the UK.
If your daughters were born abroad (outside the UK), your daughters are British citizens by descent (because their father is a British citizen otherwise than by descent, because he was born in the UK), but their children (your grandchildren) will not be British citizens automatically unless those grandchildren are born in the UK.
Re: Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:06 am
by Hilary
Thank you both
Yes, here is the UK.
Thanks again for quality information
Best regards. Hilary

Re: Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:21 pm
by Hilary
Hi again
Just wondering
So one generation can be born outside of the uk & be British by descent.
What if one generation is born here/Uk
The next outside the uk
The next in the uk
Can you go again with born outside?
Just wondering, is one a one off
Or you can alternate

Re: Hereditary Citizenship
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 7:47 pm
by alterhase58
Assume that's all possible if everyone remembers the principle - importantly if a person British by descent has a child in the UK that child will be British otherwise than by descent.