Help with Citizenship eligibility question

[pberrett]

Hi all

Can anyone tell me whether I would be eligible to apply for British citizenship?

I am Australian (51) and have lived and worked in Australia my whole life.

My mother was born in Australia in 1944, lived in Australia her whole life, died in 1997. My father was born in 1938 in Australia, worked in Australia his whole life, died this year. All of my father's family were Australian. My parents were married when I was born.

My mother's father was born in London in 1899 and died in the early 1970s after moving to Australia. his wife was Australian born.

My mothers fathers parents were both in Northern Ireland and they later moved to Australia. All other relatives of mine are Australian born.

I understand that my mother would have been a British Citizen by descent. However in Australia one could not become a citizen of another country without losing citizenship until 2002. By then my mother had died.

Interestingly, as my great grandparents were born in Northern Ireland, my mother could have applied to become an Irish citizen but the same dual nationality problem would have arisen.

Am I eligible to apply for UK citizenship based on the above facts?

Thanking you

Peter

[vinny]

Probably no, if neither parents were British otherwise than by descent and you were not born in the UK nor Territories.

However, see also UK Ancestry visa (186-193) Modernised Guidance.