You may be eligible to apply for citizenship if either: Your mother or father must have been a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies when you were born.

British citizenship by descent is when a person born abroad is able to acquire UK citizenship through the immigration status of one or both parents.

Being born in the UK and by descent from a British parent are the most common ways to qualify for British nationality.

British citizen by descent applies when an individual is born outside the UK and one or both parents are British. Section 14(1) of the British Nationality Act ...

British citizenship by descent means that a person born outside the UK has the right to British citizenship because they have a British parent.

Check if your child can become a British citizen if they were born in the UK, have a British parent, migrated to the UK or are eligible another way.

Do you have a grandparent that was born in the UK? You may qualify for British citizenship by double descent. Get the details online.

A child who is born outside of the UK to a British parent may be a British citizen by descent, depending on the circumstances by which their parent obtained ... Immigration application fees · Windrush Scheme · EU Settlement Scheme

British citizenship by descent British citizenship can be passed on to one generation born abroad. So a child born abroad to a parent who is British otherwise ...