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Hello,
I hope you are all doing well.
I am not sure if this is the right way to post.
My situation is this:
My husband British citizen by descent, has lived in the uk for 30 years. Now in Canada since 2014.
My husband father is British citizen otherwise than by descent. Through ILr received citizen ship in 1992.
My kids are 5,6,and 8 years old. Born in Canada and never lived in Uk.
Please advise me if they qualify for citizenship through section 3(2)?
What makes me hesitant, is that my husband’s father on my became citizen in 1992, not before my husband was born.

Thank you

How did your husband become British by descent?

Where was he born and what year was he born?

Was your husband born in the UK?

My husband was British by descent and was born in 1976. Moved to the uk when he was 10.
Thank you

If your husband was born in 1976 and his father became a British citizen in 1992, then he cannot be a British citizen by descent. Citizenship by descent, in most cases, requires one of the parents to have been a British citizen at the time of the person's birth.

It is much more likely that he was registered as a British citizen along with his father in 1992, unless his mother was a British citizen otherwise than by descent before his birth.

And if he was registered as a British citizen , it is unlikely (but not impossible) that he is a British citizen by descent.

Check with him and with his father if either of them have a separate registration certificate in his name.

As he would have been in his late teens at the time of the registration, he may recall if he was registered or not.

I asked my husband he said that he lived in the UK 3 years before his father and all his brothers and sisters applied for British citizenship at the same time including the mother.
He doesn’t have access to the documents in Canada.
Does this mean that kids can apply for a British passport?
Thank you

If he has a registration certificate, get him to check the section of the British Nationality Act 1981 stated on the certificate that he was registered under. That will determine if his children were automatically British citizens by descent or not.

He will need to get his registration certificate to apply for a British passport for his children. If his parents have the certificate, can they despatch it to him by courier or mail? Or he could collect it from them in person in the UK.

Thank you for taking time to explain to me.
We contacted grandparents in the UK. And we will have to wait until tomorrow for them to check the documents and confirm the section that my husband was registered under.
I will post it tomorrow.
Thank you

Hello,
Please note that my husband got his citizenship section 3(1). What does it mean please for my kids application?
Thank you

Good afternoon,
I need advice please on British citizenship for my kids born in Canada.
My husband born in Morocco, lived in uk since 10 years old. On 2015 moved to Canada.
My husband acquired BC through section 3(1). Both his parents born abroad and all the family got citizenship in 1993 section 3(1).
I wish to apply for my kids British citizenship, please advise me if the need to apply for mn1? Or other way?
Thank you

If neither parent of your husband were British citizens at the time of his birth, then registration under Section 3(1) makes your husband a British citizen otherwise than by descent. That makes his children born anywhere in the world (outside the UK) British citizens by descent.

Apply directly for a British passport for the children, with his registration certificate and the children's birth certificates.

Thank you so much for all the valuable information.
Have a wonderful weekend!