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Hello All,

My wife is a German citizen. I am British.
After living/working in Germany for 2 years (me) we both came to the UK in Feb 2012.
We recently got married (30 Aug 2014) and my wife now requires a UK passport as her German ID card is in her maiden name.

After umpteen phone calls to the passport office and call backs that never happened. I am at a loss as to how my wife can obtain a passport. She has been living and working here since 2012.
What are the steps for her to be able to obtain a British passport?

many thanks in advance.

Hi,

If it's just a matter of having an official travel document, I think getting a new German passport/ID card in her married name from the German Embassy would be the easiest solution.
As for getting a UK passport, she would need to become a British citizen first to be able to obtain a passport. She can apply for naturalisation after exercising EU treaty rights in the UK for 5 years as she is married to you (British Citizen)...more here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/britis ... 95747.html

You cannot call the passport office as your wife is not a British Citizen , so there is no way that passport office can help.

Your wife may qualify to apply for Naturalisation in 2017, and only after a successful naturalisation application, would she then become a British Citizen and be entitled to a passport as confirmation of her citizenship.

At present she need to contact the German Embassy and see if they can change her details.

Have a look here:

http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/l ... ber16.html (German)

http://www.london.diplo.de/Vertretung/l ... 0-eID.html (English)

The embassy's website tells you all your wife needs to do to obtain a new ID card in her married name.
If in doubt, just phone them up, they are usually really helpful

Guys.

Thank you for the replies.

Looks like we will have to go down the German passport route for now.

Once again, thank you