Citizenship help

[Burnsy2023]

Could you not track down the electoral role for the area in which your mother lived when you were born? If she was registered at the time of the birth you could use that to prove that she was settled here?

See http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voter-registration - EU Citizens are entitled to register to vote in elections, so it's possible that she may have done so?

The addresses she lived at when I was born is on the birth certificate, but looking at the UKBA advice, this wont be enough.

 

[spacedskunk]

The only way I can see for getting your British passport is getting yourself registered I'm afraid, without your mothers passport from 1987 anyway.

 

[Pudney]

AFAIK, and this depends on the Country, but when entering a Country you hold a passport for, you are treated as a citizen of whichever country the passport you use to enter with is from.

In documentation I received from the UKBA, they mention a story about some poor guy who was from one of those countries with mandatory military service, but his family moved to the UK when he was young so had dual citizenship. He went back to visit family and used his home country passport.
He was detained at the airport and put right into military service. Had he used his UK passport to enter the country however, they'd have had to treat him like a UK citizen and would have been free to enter and leave.

A UK passport doesn't exempt you from requirements of your other nationality, it's more likely if the UK passport had been used then the local authorities wouldn't have looked into it as they just wouldn't check every foreign national entering just in case they were dual.

 

[craptakular]

Right, I'll explain the situation first.

My mother is German and I hold a German passport, however, anyone who has met me would find it difficult to find anything that makes that obvious. I have lived here since birth and culturally, I am as British as any other person that holds a British passport.

I know that when I was 16 or so, I did put in an application for a British passport and this was declined by the UKPA. The exact reasons for this I'm not clear on, but I assumed it was because there was no father named on my birth certificate, I couldn't prove a British parent. I also was under the assumption that I had no automatic entitlement to British citizenship as I was born after 1983 when the law changed.

I was looking at getting naturalised so I could apply for certain jobs that require British citzenship and came across this:



http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/b...ishcitizenship/borninukorqualifyingterritory/

I was born in the UK in 1987 and my mum is an EU citizen, so despite what I've previously thought, am I a British Citizen?

I know that this is a complicated matter, does anyone know of organisations that can help advise me other than the CAB (who I will approach soon)?

Their is no way on Earth you are British. You are German and have to live with your crimes from World War 2.

 

[Narj]

I, for one, welcome our German forum overlord.

 

[eatcustard]

Your German just accept it

This
You won more world cups but lost more wars

 

[Raumarik]

We should start an e-petition on Burnsy's behalf, I'm sure we can easily hit 500,000 votes backing it and get it debated in parliament.

 

[Hades]

I'm sure you've looked into it but are you certain that you need to be a British citizen for whatever you're applying for? You're already an EU citizen so is that not sufficient in this case?

 

[bitslice]

and culturally, I am as British as any other person that holds a British passport.

No you aren't, you have this freakish lack of xenophobia which makes you stand out like a pork chop at a Jewish wedding.
Find some other country that doesn't hate every other country and go back there


And stop mentioning the war

 

[Narj]

No you aren't, you have this freakish lack of xenophobia which makes you stand out like a pork chop at a Jewish wedding.
Find some other country that doesn't hate every other country and go back there


And stop mentioning the war

Nice brush you're tarring everyone with there.

 

[rsatd]

Their is no way on Earth you are British. You are German and have to live with your crimes from World War 2.

Boy... that escalated quickly xD

 

[King Damager]

Do you know anyone on your paternal side who may be able to help? Vaguely recall you being in touch with grandparents? (Although not sure whether that was paternal or maternal).

No idea if that would help mind.

kd

 

[Burnsy2023]

Do you know anyone on your paternal side who may be able to help? Vaguely recall you being in touch with grandparents? (Although not sure whether that was paternal or maternal).

No idea if that would help mind.

kd

It's really not an option and no, I have no contact with any grandparents.