By Isabella Reynard – Legal Associate
Historically, if a father was not married to a baby’s mom, he couldn’t go on his British nationality robotically to his baby. This meant that if a baby was thought of “illegitimate” and had a British father, they might not purchase their citizenship except the mom was British or settled. This was the case even when the kid was born within the UK.
Whilst considerably shocking, the entitlements owed to an individual within the UK solely by advantage of having been born within the UK are restricted. The idea of entitlement to citizenship by way of being born in a rustic is called jus soli.
This idea was abolished within the laws when the British Nationality Act 1981 got here into drive.
Although the present legislation is way extra inclusionary than earlier laws, citizenship just isn’t robotically acquired. Children of single mother and father should subsequently register for British citizenship by utility.
This earlier submit covers the broader circumstances during which you’ll have a declare to British citizenship exterior of the scope of kids of single mother and father.
Children Born on or After 1 July 2006
Unmarried fathers are capable of…
