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Immigration status in the UK
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:50 am
by Nicola2481
My grantfather is a naturalized British citizen. He was born in Jamaica in 1931. He has 2kids born in Jamaica and 3 kids born in the UK. My father was born in Jamaica. Is my father a British citizen because of his father status and can I get British residency through my father?
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 10:57 am
by Lucapooka
You father may be British by descent if your GF was British at the time of your father's birth (not having naturalized later) and was married to your mother. But as citizenship by descent stops after one generation it means that you will not be British even it it transpires that your father is.
Re: Immigration status in the UK
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:47 pm
by Directive/2004/38/EC
Nicola2481 wrote:My grantfather is a naturalized British citizen. He was born in Jamaica in 1931. He has 2kids born in Jamaica and 3 kids born in the UK. My father was born in Jamaica. Is my father a British citizen because of his father status and can I get British residency through my father?
When was your father born? Was your grandfather married at the time? Where were you born?
British citizenship law is very complicated. Lucapooka is not fully correct in his statement.