![]() ![]() To be eligible your father also must have been a British citizen otherwise than by descent or working as a Crown servant when you were born. If you were born between 1983 and June 2006 – you can register for citizenship by descent if your father was not married to your mother when you were born. To be eligible to register your mother or father must have been a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of your Birth and they must have citizenship otherwise than by descent unless they were working as a Crown servant when you were born. If you were born before 1983 – you could be eligible to register as a citizen by descent if either your parents were not married at the time of your birth or if your mother was British rather than your father. If you do not have an automatic right to British citizenship then there are some circumstances in which you may be eligible to register as a British citizen by descent instead. If you were born outside the UK before 1983 then you will only be an automatic citizen by descent if your father was British and was also a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies, married to your mother and able to pass on his citizenship to you. If you were born outside of the UK between 1983 and June 2006 then you are also an automatic citizen by descent if your mother or father was a British citizen otherwise than by descent at the time of your birth, however they must have been married at the time if your father has British citizenship but your mother didn’t. If you were born outside the UK on or after 1st July 2006 then you will automatically have citizenship by descent as long as either one of your parents was a British citizen otherwise than by descent at the time of your birth. Whether you are an automatic citizen by descent also varies depending on when you were born and your parents immigration status at the time. You will not qualify for automatic citizenship by descent if your British parent obtained their own citizenship by descent. ![]() Your parent can automatically pass on their citizenship if they were either born or adopted in the UK, obtained citizenship after applying for it in their own right, or was working as a Crown servant at the time of your Birth. ![]() So, if you were born outside of the UK but one of your parent’s was a British citizen at the time of your birth then you may automatically acquire British citizenship by descent. British citizenship by descent is normally automatically passed down by one generation to children born outside of the UK. ![]()
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