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This route to British nationality arises from an anomaly in the British Nationality Act of 1948 and is based on a complicated set of circumstances.

The 1948 Act gave Citizenship of the UK & Colonies (or CUKC) status to those people connected to Australia and Canada if they did not become citizens of a Commonwealth country on 1 January 1949. The anomaly arises because the law of these two countries relies on a woman claiming citizenship through marriage to reside in either of these two countries before 1949 (and not all did so). The solution relies on the following set of circumstances:

 - born after 31 December 1948;

 - to a mother born before 1949;

 - who was not born in a British Crown Dominion;

 - and was married to a Canadian or Australian man before 1949; AND

 - she was not resident in Australia or Canada on 1 January 1949.

Where children of such a mother are born between 1 January 1949 and 31 December 1982 in what is considered a "Foreign Country", then an application to register such a person can be made.

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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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