Uk passport? how do i get one when my mother is australian?

Question

right long explanation but.............. My grandfather and grandmother were born in the uk. They immigrated to australia and had my gave borth to my mother there. They moved back a year later and was never told that they has to get my mother nationalised or anything so have never done so.

I now need a passport to go oon holiday with my friends and can not get one as i can not claim my national status from my mother.I do not know my father due to circumstances and so can not claim to his. I am 17 and in desperate need of any information wich may help. I can not possibly be forced to stay in the uk for the rest of my life just because of my mother is there anything we can do because it says on the passport aplication ' mothers residence at time of birth' and therefore i dont know what i can do about it please help i need informationadn advice on what to do

thanks

Answer 1

You mother needs to apply for her British Passport due to her parents Nationality she wont have any problem. She can then pass it on to u as decent. Your children would never be British if they would be born out of UK.

You must start the procedure now & get ur passport before u turn 18, otherwise u will have to apply for ancestry UK of UK on basis of ur grand parents nationality & then u will have to move to UK to live for 5 years.

You can always apply for Australian passport since u were born in Australia. Please check with authorities there.

Answer 2

if you are born in the uk You are automatically born as a british national and thus can have a british passport! check out the uk passport website to see if you can get more info!

Answer 3

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/index.asp

i think you can get a dual passport but dont quote me on it. call them here

http://www.ips.gov.uk/passport/index.asp