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This route to British Citizenship stems from a family connection to Kenya and arises in the following circumstances:

SITUATION 1

 - the applicant was born in the Kenya Colony before its independence on 12 December 1963; AND

 - neither of their parents were born in a territory that subsequently formed part of independent Kenya.

SITUATION 2

 - the applicant was born between 12 December 1963 and 31 December 1982;

 - the applicant's father was born in the Kenya Colony before its independence on 12 December 1963; AND

 - neither of the applicant's paternal grandparents were born in a territory that subsequently formed part of independent Kenya.

SITUATION 3

 - the applicant was born before 12 December 1963 in a place that did NOT form part of Kenya upon independence;

 - the applicant's father was born in the Kenya Protectorate before 1949; AND

 - neither of the applicant's paternal grandparents were born in a territory that subsequently formed part of independent Kenya.

In most cases, it requires the candidate to have the Right of Abode based on having a relevant grandparent born in the UK.

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WhatPassport.com is a specialist UK Nationality and British Citizenship site offering an online search and assessment. Claims to hold a British Passport can be complex and the site offers a quick, simple search to give you the answers. While many people qualify for the UK Ancestry Visa based on holding a Commonwealth passport with a UK born grandmother or grandfather, we have found that if you have a grandparent born in the UK, or if your mother is British or your father is British, then there are several scenarios where you can claim British Nationality and the right to hold a British Passport. This stems from Britain’s collection of British Colonies, British Protectorates and British Protected States in the middle of last century and the Nationality rules concerning what are now the countries of the Commonwealth.

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