New successful case and testimonial on registration as a British Citizen for an American national, born to a British mother before 1983 (UKM application).
"When I applied for
UK citizenship, I was aware of the lengthy wait time for processing new
applicants through the Home Office in London. For years, I was hesitant to
submit my application knowing I would be required to surrender my current US
passport for an uncertain time period. As I travel abroad frequently, I
couldn’t afford to be without my passport for an extended period of time. Via a
bit of research online, I came across the services of 1st4Immigration.
Following my inquiry, I was immediately put in touch with Immigration Advisor
Joanne Wilson. Joanne helped expedite my application by certifying a copy of my
US passport. Surprisingly, via the exchange of overnight postal services, I was
only without my passport for approximately one week before it was returned to
me.
Additionally, Joanne
prepared all of my additional application documents and submitted them to the
Home Office in London for review. I am delighted to say that within brief
period of 3-4 weeks, I received notification from the Home Office that my
application for citizenship had been approved!
I sincerely appreciate
the professional support and guidance provided by Joanne and 1st 4Immigration services. Joanne was
consistently prompt to reply to my questions and advise on procedural concerns.
I would highly recommend 1st 4Immigration
Ltd to anyone requiring their services. Joanne made the seemingly tedious
application process quick and worry free. I sincerely appreciate their support,
and for this reason, working with 1st4Immigration Ltd was well worth
my time!"
This lovely
testimonial came from Stephanie, an American national, who applied to become a
British Citizen on the basis of being born to a British mother before 1983.
This is an
interesting category, open to those born before 1983 to a British mother. Why
only mother? Because before 1983 only fathers could pass their nationality to
their children while mothers could not. What now seems like an unfair ‘irregularity’
in the law was ‘corrected’ in 1983 when anyone could claim British nationality
(and a British passport) from either their father or mother. For those who
missed out on that at the time, ie before 1983, this UKM application was added
to enable them to register as a British Citizen.
Beware! This
application only ‘corrects’ the fact that women (mothers) should have had the
same rights as men (fathers). It does not change the fact there are rules on
when British nationality can descend and when not, namely terms of British
by descent and British otherwise than by descent. So,
it is important to establish that one would have become British if women had
been allowed to pass on their nationality at the time. If in your situation
your mother could not have passed it on to you, for the reasons other than
being a woman, you would have the same problem now.
The outcome
of UKM application: becoming a British by decent. This is a
Registration application (not Naturalisation). Those who also happened to live
in the UK should consider Naturalisation as a very good alternative, which is
more expensive but it makes you British otherwise than by descent. It
does not make any difference for the applicant him/herself, the difference is
your ability (or inability) to pass on British citizenship to your children.
There are
more factors to look at. For example, in some cases parents had to be married (or
married after a child was born). For an individual advice or to make your application
as successful please contact us: info@1st4immigration.com
, we reply on the same working day. Or visit www.1st4immigration.com
To read about the
difference between Naturalisation and Registration please look at our earlier post (that information is still valid): http://1st4immigration-visas.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/british-nationality-citizenship-and.html
If you are an Immigration
Adviser or a Solicitor please visit our immigration Training and CPD website: www.1st4immigration.com/training
