Can I still get Dual Citizenship?

Hi all! I am a Canadian citizen and have been since I was about eight years old. I was born in the UK and want to know, can I still get dual citizenship? Also, wondering if I can't get dual ci...

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MegB
New Member

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 2
Location: Ontario

Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 4:32 am

Hi all!

I am a Canadian citizen and have been since I was about eight years old. I was born in the UK and want to know, can I still get dual citizenship?

Also, wondering if I can't get dual citizenship, can I get a British passport and how?

If anyone has any info for me or where I should go to look please let me know!

I am currently living in Canada but have family in the UK.

Thanks for your help!

MegB

Joanne
Senior Member

Joined: 18 Jul 2003
Posts: 115
Location: Stockport

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:02 am

hi MegB,

Dual citizenship only means that you hold more than one passport (citizenship) so If you can't get dual citizenship (Canadian and British or other) it means that you can't get a British passport (or other) !

http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/passports-and-immigration/

So were you a british citizen before you were 8?
If yes you only need to apply for a British passport.
If no.are your grandparents british? if yes than you could possibly apply for Uk Ancestry visa.
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagenam...cid=1018721067684

If your mother (or your father and he is married to your mother) is british I think you could be entitled to a British passport

Joanne

MegB
New Member

Joined: 29 May 2006
Posts: 2
Location: Ontario

Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:42 pm

Hi Joanne!

Thank you so much for the help! I was born in England and lived there for about 4 years but was a British citizen until about the age of 8. I will take a look at the website.

Thanks again!

Megan

Scootter
CanuckAbroad Regular

Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 57
Location: Sawtry (Nr Peterborough)

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:33 pm

I think the fact you were born in the UK should immediately qualify you for a British Passport.

Joanne is right about the Ancestry Visa, although all that will do is let you stay in the country for 4 years, at the end of which you can apply for indefinate leave to remain in the UK, and after that you can apply for a passport, and ergo citizenship.

If I were in your shoes I would track down my birth certificate as this should be all you require to apply for a passport.

Then you can use the short queues at the airport! Smile