I born in london in 1989 my parents is iraqi citizen i have all the certificates that prove iam born there ?

Question

can i get british passport and there is any other benfit can i get

Answer 1

British citizenship is based on the principle of Jus sanguinis (Latin for "right of blood"). In other words you get your citizenship from your parents not where you were born. You were considered an Iraqi citizen when you were born nothing more.

Answer 2

On what ground do you want to claim your British citizenship!

Fleeing Trouble from Iraq, or what.

Do you think 'cause you were born in Britain you will have all the right to all the benefits; wrong you have to reside in Britain; you have to have no claim to anywhere else for 12 months or more to be able to claim anything.

Don't pack your bags just yet check into it before you leave. Goodluck!

Answer 3

Of course not.  You were born to Iraqi citizens and you have a right to Iraqi citizenship.  Unless your parents applied for UK citizenship and legally immigrated, including you as their minor child in their application, you probably have no right to UK citizenship and might even be an illegal alien.  Ask your parents exactly what they have done about applying for immigration and citizenship.

Answer 4

Of course you can.

Answer 5

Not necessarily. For instance in the US, if you are born to an American citizen outside of the US, if you don't touch US soil by the age of 16 you lose your citizenship and become a citizen of whatever country you were born in. John McCain was born in Panama, but since he came to the US before the age of 16, he was automatically a US citizen.

If you were born in London but haven't been there for a long period of time, it might not be guaranteed. If you were born there and live there, then you probably can, but I'm not sure on English law.

Answer 6

British Citizenship can be acquired in the following ways:

lex soli: By birth in the United Kingdom to a parent who is a British citizen at the time of the birth, or to a parent who is settled in the United Kingdom

lex sanguinis: By descent if one of the parents is a British citizen otherwise than by descent (for example by birth, adoption, registration or naturalisation in the United Kingdom). Thus, British actress Emma Watson, born in France to British parents, has British citizenship.

By naturalisation

By registration

By adoption

British citizenship by birth in the United Kingdom

Under the law in effect from 1 January 1983, a child born in the UK to a parent who is a British citizen or 'settled' in the UK is automatically a British citizen by birth.

Only one parent needs to meet this requirement, either the father or the mother.

"Settled" status in this context usually means the parent is resident in the United Kingdom and has the Right of Abode, holds Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), or is the citizen of an EU/EEA country and has permanent residence. Irish citizens in the UK are also deemed to be settled for this purpose.

Special rules exist for cases where a parent of a child is a citizen of a European Union or European Economic Area member state, or Switzerland. The law in this respect was changed on 2 October 2000 and again on 30 April 2006. See below for details.

For children born before 1 July 2006, if only the father meets this requirement, the parents must be married. Marriage subsequent to the birth is normally enough to confer British citizenship from that point.

Where the father is not married to the mother, the Home Office will usually register the child as British provided an application is made and the child would have been British otherwise. The child must be aged under 18 on the date of application.

Where a parent subsequently acquires British citizenship or "settled" status, the child can be registered as British provided he or she is still aged under 18.

If the child lives in the UK until age 10 there is a lifetime entitlement to register as a British citizen. The immigration status of the child and his/her parents is irrelevant.

Special provisions may apply for the child to acquire British citizenship if a parent is a British Overseas citizen or British subject, or if the child is stateless.

Before 1983, birth in the UK was sufficient in itself to confer British nationality irrespective of the status of parents, with an exception only for children of diplomats and enemy aliens. This exception did not apply to most visiting forces, so, in general, children born in the UK before 1983 to visiting military personnel (eg US forces stationed in the UK) are British citizens by birth