United Kingdom: Entitlement to British nationality for a child born in the United Kingdom in 1994 to foreign visitors
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 July 1998 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GBR29675.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, United Kingdom: Entitlement to British nationality for a child born in the United Kingdom in 1994 to foreign visitors, 1 July 1998, GBR29675.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6abcf68.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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Please consult the British Nationality Act of 1981, available through the REFWORLD database at your Regional Documentation Centre, for information on entitlement to British nationality. The document indicates that, in principle, children born on or after 1983 to persons who were not British citizens or settled in the United Kingdom at the time are not considered British citizens, although their immigration status might change if their parents' status changes before the children reach the age of majority. Additional information can be found in the section "Children born in the United Kingdom who are not British citizens" of the Immigration Rules HC 395 of 1994, also available through the REFWORLD database.
Additional information on entitlement to British citizenship can be found in Responses to Information Requests GBR24988 of 21 August 1996, GBR24009 of 28 May 1996 and GBR24341 of 24 June 1996. More recent information affecting the contents of the documents mentioned in this Response could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
