Originally posted by xoggoth
http://www.yourrights.org.uk/your-ri...ionality.shtml
"The British Nationality Act 1981 came into force on 1 January 1983. It defines who is British by birth and how people may become British through naturalisation or registration.
People who were born in the UK before 1983 were automatically British citizens by birth. The only exception to this was children whose parents were working here as diplomats at the time they were born.
Anybody born here after 1 January 1983 is automatically British if at the time of the birth:
One of their parents was a British citizen.
One of their parents was allowed to stay here permanently.
For children born outside of marriage, it remains the case that British nationality can only be passed through the mother. Parliament has passed a law that overturns this - the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 allows nationality to be inherited from the father, but as of 2006 this provision is still not in force.
Where neither parent is British at the time of the child’s birth, but they later become settled, they can then apply for their child to naturalise.
If children are not able to inherit a nationality from either of their parents and are born stateless, and if they live in the UK for the first seven years of their life without gaining any nationality, their parents can apply for them to settle and then become British. The Nationality Immigration and Asylum act 2002 provides that stateless children can acquire nationality after five years of continual residence, but this provision is not yet in force."
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