Born in commonwealth, qualify for UK citizen?, Advice?

nathmaniedeo · Post by **nathmaniedeo** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:19 pm

Hi - I was wondering if anyone had any insight that they could share with me or advice.

I was born as a US citizen in the island of Trinidad & Tobago in 1978.

(My mom is American and my father Trinidadian)

So, although I have a US citizen and passport, I have dual citizenship being born in Trinidad. Going back far enough, I'm also part English.

Is there any way for me to qualify and become a British Citizen or at least ILR?

(any advice is very much appricated) (I live in the US)

avjones · Post by **avjones** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:25 pm

Where were your grandparents born? Do you have Trinidadian citizenship?

nathmaniedeo · Post by **nathmaniedeo** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 8:12 pm

my grandparents on my moms side were born in the US (far back enough some in England I think)
Fathers side grandparents were born in Trinidad.

I believe that I do have Trinidadian Citizenship since I was born there. I have a birth certificate.

nathmaniedeo · Post by **nathmaniedeo** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:31 pm

I think my grandparents born in Trinidad where born UK citizens. Trinidad went independant in 1962.

avjones · Post by **avjones** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:58 pm

Sorry, I think there's no obvious route to UK nationality for you other than those open to all non-EU nationals, or those open to Commonwealth nationals.

Post by **archigabe** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:02 am

I think if you'd been born a few years earlier you could have got British overseas citizen passport

Post by **JAJ** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:46 am

nathmaniedeo wrote:I think my grandparents born in Trinidad where born UK citizens. Trinidad went independant in 1962.

No chance of any U.K. immigration outcome, sorry. In order to qualify for the Ancestry Visa, a grandparent must have been born in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

Your Trinidad passport does entitle you to obtain a working holiday visa for the U.K. however. Start at http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk

Post by **JAJ** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 3:46 am

archigabe wrote:I think if you'd been born a few years earlier you could have got British overseas citizen passport

No chance in this instance.

nathmaniedeo · Post by **nathmaniedeo** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:09 pm

Thank you everyone for your help. I appreciate it.

nathmaniedeo · Post by **nathmaniedeo** » Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:56 pm

the embassy says that I can get a Right of Abode to live, work, school unconditionally for as long as I want in the UK....thanks everyone for your help.

Post by **JAJ** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:19 pm

nathmaniedeo wrote:the embassy says that I can get a Right of Abode to live, work, school unconditionally for as long as I want in the UK....thanks everyone for your help.

Embassy is wrong.

Dawie · Post by **Dawie** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:16 pm

nathmaniedeo wrote:the embassy says that I can get a Right of Abode to live, work, school unconditionally for as long as I want in the UK....thanks everyone for your help.

If that were the case then every Trinidadian citizen would have the right of abode in the UK, which of course they don't.

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