International immigration group, 1st Contact has its offices ready for the large number of enquiries already coming through from eligible individuals in an attempt to obtain British Citizenship. A new development in the UK immigration law, which came into effect on 13 January 2010, has made it possible for individuals with British born mothers to gain UK citizenship through registration. Individuals who qualify for this right, under section 4C of the British Nationality Act of 1948, no longer need to apply via the standard ancestral visa route in order to become British citizens.
According to 1st Contact’s Visas manager Robyn Cory “The opportunities for working, living and travelling in the UK and throughout the world on a UK passport are immense, making this an exciting opportunity.”
Cory adds that 1st Contact tracks all the developments and changes in the UK immigration landscape to ensure one of the fastest and smoothest acquisitions of British Citizenship for thousands of newly qualified individuals.
UK immigration law, which came into effect on 13 January 2010, has made it possible for individuals with British born mothers to gain UK citizenship through registration
The reasoning behind this new development in UK immigration legislation under section 4C of the British Nationality Act of 1948, is based on the logic that individuals with British born mothers would theoretically have become British citizens at the time of birth, had women been given equal opportunities to pass on citizenship rights through decent, in the same way as men had.
Another dose of good news for current and prospective parents includes an opportunity for children born outside the United Kingdom to British citizens by descent and after 13 January 2010, can be registered under section 3(2) of the British Nationality Act of 1981, if an application is made at any time before the child’s 18th birthday.
For individuals who feel that they meet the criteria to pursue this opportunity, access to 1st Contact’s online web services can be initiated at any time. For further information on procedure, precise details on who qualifies and a full range of services related to living, working and travelling in the UK and beyond visit www.1stcontactvisas.com
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About 1st Contact Visas1st Contact Visas is an immigration consultancy incorporated in 1998 with the aim of becoming the premier visa service provider to people wishing to migrate around the world. 1st Contact Visas can assist with the full range of UK Visas, including the HSMP/Tier 1 Visa and working towards British Citizenship though Indefinite Leave to Remain. |
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If my sons father is a British citizen and he pays child support to him in America but is not on his birth certificate, is my son allowed dual citizenship, or does his father have to be on his birth certificate in order for it to happen? Paternity has already been established.
Hello!
i m interested to know if i m eligible for british passport or anything
My mother is a full british citizen, she was born in Hong Kong and got her british ciizenship through BNO .
i was born in 1982 Hong kong now 28.
will i be able to make a claim through my mother?
hey i’ve got the same problem but i’m only 15 now.
did u get your answer?
can you or can you not apply through your mother?
-waiting for your reply
hi well first thanx for advising me to use the whatpassport website,and i found that i was eligiable to apply, as you were not sure about it,so is it an accurate website?
Hi Wood,
Thank you for your comment.
1st Contact is a preferred partner of http://www.whatpassport.com and we have verfied all the content regarding UK, Australia and New Zealand immigration laws.
Please be advised that http://www.whatpassport.com is a guide and it is always advisible to contact a registered immigration agent to assist with visa applications.
Should you like us to be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us on http://www.1stcontact.com
Regards,
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My mom was one of three children she was the middle child born in zimbabwe , My grandfather came out of the UK to work for a Private UK based Company in Zimbabwe .My mother was born in 1958. All of my first cousins have made application through this new ruling for British citizenship and have been successful and are now applying for British Passports. I need to know whether I can also apply for this .I do believe that Zimbabwe was under british rule at the time of my mothers birth 1958.
I would appreciate your feed back I am very interested in aquiring a British Passport but I need to have all the facts so that I can make an informed decision before I start with this application process. It is extremely expensive but I feel as if it is my Birth Right and I would like to pursue it .
Many Thanks
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hi,my grandad was british by birth/citezenship.he lived n died in swaziland.my dad his son has also died.As my grandad was a british citezen,can i apply 4 a visa through him,im 51yrs and a swazi.
I am interested if a Granson of a British Born Citenzip can apply to a GB passport
Thks
some help please.
my daughter was born in the uk to a non uk citizen but who has indefinate leave.does my daughter qualify to geting a british passport? she was born in 2008 but he has had his leave years before her birth.
thank you for your advise.
Hi ShaRonP,
Based on the fact that the childs’ father holds indefinite leave to remain, the child is eligible to be registered as a British Citizen and apply for a British Passport.
Should you like us to be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact us on http://www.1stcontact.com
i’m an international student, i’m pregnant with my british boyfriend. what is the citizenship of my baby? thank you..
I pass my life in the uk text in 2007 and i got my indefinite leave to remain in June 11th 2010.Could you tell me please
can i still use the same result when applying or i have to take the test again?Can i apply for citizenship stright away?
All the best
I RECEIVED MY UK BRITISH NATIONALITY FROM BNO JUST SOME DAYS AGO.
ALL IN ALL IT TOOK LIKE 10 WEEKS FROM DATE OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION TO GET A REPLY TO ATTEND A BRITISH CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY.
LIVE IN HONG KONG AND MOVING TO LONDON IN SOME FEW MONTH’S ONCE I GET MY WORK TRANSFER.
FROM THE 10 WEEKS TO ATTENDING THE CEREMONY AND RECEIVING A UK PASSPORT TOOK ANOTHER FEW WEEKS-3/4.
SO ALTOGETHER YOUR LOOKING AT 14 WEEKS.
JUST UNDER 4 MONTHS.
BEST OF LUCK TO ANYONE APPLYING.
For reasons uknown i’m ending up with a blank page once i make an attempt to post a comment,do you know as to why its happening?i’m applying oprea web-browser
My wife and i are both British citizens through our fathers who were both born in the UK we have recently had a little girl who is 6 months old and was born in South Africa and we want her to become a British citizen as-well , is there a loop whole in which we may get her a passport or any way that we may obtain one without living in the UK for 5 years and excluding paying ridiculous prices for visas?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am a Portuguese National, I am residence of UK since Sep 1998. I went to India in 2004 to do my Graduation which ended in 2008, in between 2004 and 2008 I was coming to uk after every 6 months in summer holidays for 4 weeks. I finished my degree in July 2008 since then I have only been to India twice for 4 weeks. My passport was renewed in Sep 2008. I cant remember the exact months and dates I was away for before Sep 2008.
Can please anyone suggest that weather I am eligible to apply for British Nationality or not if I am then what do I do about the time I was absent during my studies which I do not know in exact dates.
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Hello, My grandfather and grandmother were both british subject they died around 1970’s. On my father’s birth certificate he has british subject status.
My question is, can he apply for residency in UK. My parents are both in Tanzania (East Africa)
Please advice.
Thank you
Thank you for your reply i am so grateful for your help.thank god all went well and my daughter now has her british passport.I would love to come back to the uk with her to live but i do not have rights.is there anything or way that i can be allowed to come in and be able to work and give my girl a better life? i lived in the uk legally and worked for over two years.i am desperate for a better life for my girl.please tell me what i should do.
thanking you in advance
I am 69 years old and a usa citizen but my grand mother is a uk citizen by birth ,am i qualify to live in uk and am I a uk citizen.thanks in advance
Hi Leo,
Based on your Grandmothers birth in the United Kingdom, you would qualify for an Ancestral Visa. This is a 5 year Employment Category,multiple entry visa, allowing you to work and live in the United Kingdom. The pathway to obtain citizenship, would require your completing 5 years continious residency in the UK, and application for Indefinite leave to Remain (Permanent Residency). Completion of 12 months minimum on ILR, will allow for application for Naturalisation as a British Citizen.
My mother was born in England and my father was born in Scotland. I was born in Canada, and am a Canadian citizen, and have a Canadian passport. Am I eligible for British citizenship (and a British passport)? And can I have this WITHOUT giving up my Canadian citizenship / passport? Thank you.
If this is possible, (a) how do I proceed? (b) what would be an approximate estimate of the cost? Thank you again!
Hi
I hope you can help. I am a British citizen and my partner is Australian. We have a child together that was born in Australia last December. They both arrived in the UK in May of this year. They both came here on a tourist visa and were currently waiting on our child a British passport as we applied for that last week.
I have recently found out that if my partner wants to remain in the UK then she has to fly back to Australia and apply for a new visa from there.
We have rang the home office and they’ve been no help at all. Is there any way in which she can stay on a more permanent visa without leaving the UK. We haven’t the finances to pay for flights back an forth to Australia and we don’t want our child to be away from both parents for too long.
If there is no other option than for her to go back to Australia then can you please advise us both on what sort of visa she will need. I have looked on the internet at spouse visas but that says you need to be together for 2 years and we have both been together since February of last year so not quite 2 years yet.
I have also looked at tier youth visas but that says you aren’t allowed any dependent children.
please can anyone help
Hi,
I am a british citizen but my parents aren’t, i would like to know if they have the right to get a British nationality as now i’m living in the UK since January 2010.
Many thanks
can i register my babt son as a uk citizen if huis mother is not, and over stayed her visa please can any one help.
Dear Alam
Your child may have a claim to British Nationality if you are a British National, his mother has an individual status in the UK and this should not affect your son if you are a British National.
I trust this has assisted.
is my child a british citizen if i am, and his mother is not?
i just a a question i am an american my babys father is british if i have the baby here in america and put him on the birth certificate will my baby be able to become a british citizent?
Hi Sammy,
Thank you for your question.
I’m assuming that your childs father was born in the United Kingdom and attained his citizenship through birth. If this is the case, your child may be eligible for British Citizenship through descent. I would recommend completing your details on http://www.whatpassport.com as it will come up with various passport and visa solutions for yourself and your child.
regards,
Leanne
Hello,
I am an Australian Citizen and hold a current valid Australian passport.
I wish to get a British passport.
My mothers father (i.e. My grandfather) was a british citizen (now dead) and held a british birth certificate which I have on me.
My mother also held a british passport which has now expired.
Am I applicable for a british passport? If so, could you please advise me as to what forms I need to fill out and what supporting documentation I must supply.
Hi Henry,
Many thanks for your query.
Unfortunately as your mother was not physically born in the UK you are not able to claim a British passport through her.
You are able to apply for an Ancestral visa based on your grandfather being born in the UK. This is a 5 year visa which allows you to live and work in the UK.
Should this be something you would be intrested in pursuing, please do not hesitate to contact us on immigration@1stcontact.com
Kind regards,
Leanne
Hi, Im 17yrs old. My parents immigrated legally to London in 1990, and have papers to prove this. Me and my older sister were born in hammersmith, uk. We have our birth certificates that are from hammersmith. We moved from the uk a few years after I was born and never returned. Can I claim British citizenship on the basis that my parents were legal in the uk and I was born there in 1994? If so how will it work and where can I get more info on this? Thanks a ton!
Hi Sidrah
Thanks for your query.
If a child is born in the UK they will not automatically be entitled to claim British Nationality if the parent/s are holding temporary visas for the UK.
A temporary visa is any visa that has an expiry date. The child would be required to be added as a dependant on the back of the parent/s temporary visa and follow the same immigration route as the parent/s.
Only if the parent becomes settled (indefinite leave to remain/permanent residency) can the child then become British or if the parent is already settled and then the child is born in the UK.
With every best wish,
Jason T
Hi my parents had permanent residency in the uk when I was born, so will that allow me to claim it then?
Hi, my daughter is 11 years old and holds an ancestry visa. She has lived in the UK for nearly 9 years. Originally she was granted 4 year ancestry visa and then we reapplied for another 5 year visa. I hold a British passport by descent and her father also holds an ancestry visa. We are not married.
My first question is can we apply for a British passport for my daughter under section 3(5) or do we need for apply for ILR first?
My second question is, Her father also needs to either apply for an extension of his ancestry visa or ILR. The reason we are thinking of not going for ILR is we may leave the country at the end of the year for a period of two years or more. What will happen to his ILR
Hi Imogen
Your daughter has to follow her father’s route. He should apply for ILR and she is added as a dependant on his application.
Once they have ILR, they can spend up to 2 years outside of the UK, however it is recommended that they remain in the UK until they have their passports (usually 12 months after getting ILR).
Hi!
My parents are born in British Protected State Kuwait in the 1950’s and my grandparents in British Mandate Palestine in the 1920’s can I get some form of British Nationality?
They all currently hold Jordanian nationality
Thanks!
hi Omar,
we have the same case here…
so did anybody replied to you?
or did you find anything about this issue?
Regards
saad
My wifes great grand parents were born in the uk before 1922. Her parents both have british passports but were born in South Africa. Can my wife get a British passport
hey…
i was born in england on 1990 and my brother on 1989….both of my parents are not a british citiz..but my dad was studing in england for more than 6 years..
do we have the right to get a british passports…and i really want to live there…
i hope to get a good enswer from you soon thanx …
Hi
As you were born in the UK this does not automatically entitle you to claim British nationality.
You could only have achieved this if your parent/s were ’settled’ at the time of your birth (settled referring to either holding permanent residency or indefinite leave to remain, or a British passport)
If your parents were only holding a temporary visa for the UK (a student visa as an example) then you would not have been eligible to claim British nationality, only a student dependency visa.
My child was born in uk but the parents are not uk citizens:Is my child entitled to citizenship in future?
Hi Livingstone
A child born in the UK to a parent(s) who holds Indefinite Leave to Remain at the time of their birth will be entitled to Registration as a British Citizen, in the same way a child who was born in the UK to a parent(s) who hold Limited Leave to Remain at the time of their birth will be allowed to Register as a British Citizen once one / both of the parents have aquired Indefinite Leave to Remain.
hi baby born in uk but parents have not british nationlity they have indian natinality is baby when apply british passport is she illegibal to apply .
Hi Seema
A baby born in the UK will require a visa unless one of the parents holds ILR / British Citizenship.
if the parents do not hold any immigration status in the UK, the baby is also considered to be in the UK illegally.
Hello. I have a baby with a british citizen. He left me when I was
pregnant. I hold a DNA test performed in Bristol which was paid for him. Since then I haven’t heard about him. I would like to know if I am entitled to claim british passport for my daughter and if I can live with her in the UK.
I am looking forward to hearing from you
Thanks for your assistance
Hello. I have a baby with a british citizen but I live in Colombia. He left me when I was pregnant. I hold a DNA test performed in Bristol which was paid for him. Since then I haven’t heard about him. I would like to know if I am entitled to claim british passport for my daughter and if I can live with her in the UK.
I am looking forward to hearing from you
Thanks for your assistance
Hi Grace,I was in ur situation 2 yrs ago for my 4 yr old daughter.Your daughter will be granted a passport only if the father is co operating.Thyl need his birth cert and a bio page of his passport.Also if u put his name on birth cert.All the best.
Hi Grace
If your child’s birth certificate shows the father’s name and you can obtain a birth certificate for the Father, I believe your child will be in a position to obtain a British Passport.
I trust this has assisted.
Hello, I got a son 2 years old to a British father who is not married to me, were working both in Dubai, and he got back in UK , and I got back to philippines, the plan is that he will come to sing the birth certificate of my son but he change the plan…. he never support our baby…. my son birth certifcate the fathers name doest appear only my name…my frends keep telling me that i can take british passport for my child and 10 years visa for myself… when i try to check with my frend working in UK embassy, she said i should have the passport copy and DNA test, is there any procedure because im here in philippes now and no news from the father…. i have contact no and address from UK… please advice?
Hello. My father is a british subject in Borneo, Malaysia. Can I apply for citizenship or permanent resident?
Thank you.
Dear Elvira
For the purpose of British Nationality law, Malaysia held various statuses and therefore I cannot confirm your eligibility for British Citizenship based on your fathers birth in Malaysia.
We would need to investigate Malaysia’s status at the time of your fathers birth, details of your birth and how you are affected by Nationality law relating to your fathers birth in Malaysia.
To investigate these solutions, please refer to the following link for our fee online visa and passport assessment: http://www.1stcontactvisas.com/visa-assessment.aspx