Is my grandson British?

slowcoachme

I have a new grandson, my first. My daughter is British, though not born in Uk. She's half Arab, half English and her partner is Nigerian. Baby born in Uk, I wonder what nationality he will be and if he will get British passport. They are all living in Uk.
Thanks for reading.

Gillyx

Yes, if he was born in the UK, he will get a British passport. Nationality is subjective surely, even in the UK people consider themselves Welsh, Scottish, Irish, English, so whatever he wants to be would be my guess for nationality.

balletshoes

slowcoachme wrote: »

I have a new grandson, my first. My daughter is British, though not born in Uk. She's half Arab, half English and her partner is Nigerian. Baby born in Uk, I wonder what nationality he will be and if he will get British passport. They are all living in Uk.
Thanks for reading.

If your daughter is British (does she have a British passport?) then your grandson can have a British passport. He may also be able to have dual nationality, but I don't know the rules for that for Nigerian citizens.

torbrex

UK Border Agency page about this subject

thriftylass

I'm German, live in the UK with a British partner. As our son was born here in the UK he's British. But as I am still German he could of he wanted to also get dual or German nationality later on. But that depends on the country of origin.

marisco_2

Your grandson was born in the UK to a British mother so yes he is British. As his father is of a different nationality he would be able to apply for dual nationality for him if he wanted to.

slowcoachme

When I had my daughter in M East, I remember something about If she had a baby with a non British, that baby wouldn't be British. Not sure if that was cos she was born overseas or because at the time her father was Jordanian. I know the rules on immigration have changed so much over the years. Nationality matters as its so much easier if they are able to travel with British passports.

coolcait

It sounds as if the OP's daughter and slowcoachme's daughter are in the same situation - they are 'British by descent'.

Each of the girls was born overseas, to at least one British parent, and they got their British nationality from their parents.

They can't pass the British nationality onto their children outside the UK. So, if either of these girls has a child overseas, that child will not automatically be British.

However, in the OP's grandson's case, because he has been born in the UK, to a British mother, he will be British.

notanewuser

coolcait wrote: »

It sounds as if the OP's daughter and slowcoachme's daughter are in the same situation

As slowcoachme is the OP, that's more than a coincidence! :rotfl:

gotnodosh

I think they changed the rules a few years ago. You used to just inherit your British nationality from your father but now it's by either. So yes, your grandchild can be British. Depending on the country, the child could also be dual nationality but some countries don't allow that and you have to revoke the other.

Treevo

gotnodosh wrote: »

I think they changed the rules a few years ago. You used to just inherit your British nationality from your father but now it's by either. So yes, your grandchild can be British. Depending on the country, the child could also be dual nationality but some countries don't allow that and you have to revoke the other.

Iirc when a country demands you revoke 'allegiance', the British Government takes no notice and still considers you a British citizen. As it should.

The only thing the other country can actually do is require you to use that country's passport when traveling into and out of that country. And in some cases charge you taxes.