Registration of UK Citizenship through a UK Born Mother
Registration of UK Citizenship through a UK Born Mother
People born outside of the United Kingdom to a UK born Mother before 1983 qualify to apply to register as a British Citizen. Those whose Mother’s were born outside of the UK to British born Parents must have been born in an independent country before 1983. South Africans must have been born between 1961 and 1983 to qualify through a Maternal Grandparent.
The citizenship you will acquire
All successful applicants will become British citizens by descent. As a British citizen by descent, you will not normally be able to pass on British citizenship to any children born outside a British territory.
How can Emigration Assist help you with this process?
We offer to facilitate the UKM application process from start to finish
We will assess which of the required documents you may possess and which you will need to acquire.
We then form a strategy to assist you in procuring any outstanding documentation needed for the Citizenship application.
We will the garner the required information required for the Citizenship application process.
In order to make a successful application for United Kingdom Citizenship though your Mother, you will require your:
Vault Birth certificate
Marriage certificate (should your name have changed through Marriage)
Mother’s full Birth certificate
Parent’s Marriage certificate
Grandparent’s Full birth certificate
Grandparent’s Marriage certificate
- You will also need a valid SA Passport and ID for the process.
- You will also need 2 referees for this process
Referee One
Must hold a British passport and be over 25
Referee Two
Must be a professional person and they can hold an SA Passport,
Both referees must know you personally for longer than 3 years, be unrelated to you and not live with you.
There will be forms for the referees to sign on your behalf.
The application and accompanying documents will be couriered to Liverpool for a decision to be reached, the process takes 6 months. You will be notified by the closest High Commission or Consulate to attend a swearing in ceremony in which you will be sworn in as a UK Citizen and receive a certificate of registration of British Citizenship.
We will assist in ensuring that the entire process runs as smoothly as possible.
You will also need to retain your SA Citizenship before being sworn in.
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