Question about passports

mrDuke

Dunno is this the best place to ask this but if my mum has an irish passport and irish parents but was born in UK 45 years ago is she entitled to a UK passport, if so am i also entitled to a UK passport and then if i have a UK passport does this allow me to enter Australia and work/live unlike being irish which only permits us to a 1 year working visa?

The_Conductor

First of all, eligibility for a British passport, is accessed under the criteria of the British Nationality Act. This specifies that for all people born outside the UK before the 1st of January 1983, that eligibility may only be claimed through your father's lineage, and not your mothers.

If you were born outside the United Kingdom after 7 February 1961 but before 1 January 1983, mother born in the United Kingdom- you may be entitled to a British passport, but must first register a British citizen information here.

If you yourself were born in the UK after 1.1.83- citizenship, and subsequent entitlement to a passport will only be normally granted if either of your parents are British nationals.

Residents born in the 6 counties may apply to hold either a British or Irish passport (or both), and dual nationality is formally recognised by both British and Irish authorities for anyone in this position.

The_Conductor

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