United Kingdom - Passport & Nationality - British Citizenship by Double Descent (Crown Service post 83 Territory)
Watch this SHORT VIDEO on Crown Service and how a claim to British nationality can arise:
A claim for British nationality by double descent is available under this category where:
- a grandfather was born in the UK or Northern Ireland;
- the applicant was born after 01.01.1983;
- the relevant parent (whose father was born in the UK or Northern Ireland) was born in a former British territory; AND
- the grandfather was in Crown or Designated Service at the time of the relevant parent's birth.
What is Crown or Designated Service?
"Crown Service" or "Designated Service" covers a wide definition of work undertaken outside of the UK and includes the:
- British Military
- Overseas Civil Service
- Colonial Service
- Diplomatic Corp
- Police and Defence forces
- BSAP in Rhodesia
- Public Utilities (like power, water, gas, telecoms and mail)
- Australia, New Zealand and Malaya Defence Organisation
- NAAFI
- Red Cross
- YMCA and YWCA
- Church Army
- Seamans Missions
- International organisations (like the Salvation Army)
- Teaching positions at Government schools; and
- Any work with the domestic colonial government in the territory.
In most cases, the recruitment must have occurred or initiated in the UK, but there are exceptions to this general rule. For example, management positions or those at officer level can be deemed to have been made from the UK.