Hi listers Anybody able to answer a question for me. A friend of mine is applying for a UK Passport born in Australia to UK citizens the passport people are asking for her mothers full birthcert (thats fine) and the mothers certificateof naturalisation or registration as a citizen of the UK (what's this) Thanks Bill *__*

Hi, My understanding is that if one has a parent or gandparent born in UK you can have a UK passport. I wonder if your friend misunderstands the question and is actually being asked for a certificate of naturalisation as a citizen of Australian not UK. I have always travelled on an Australia passport because I believed we had offended less people and therefore it was safer (not the case today) and I was more interested in getting back into Australia. I felt being born in UK guaranteed me entry there. They keep changing the rules but I can't see how anyone born in UK would have naturalisation papers. Jean in S. Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "nomads71" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 7:07 PM Subject: [WRY] PASSPORT > Hi listers > Anybody able to answer a question for me. > A friend of mine is applying for a UK > Passport born in Australia to UK citizens > the passport people are asking for her mothers full birthcert (thats fine) > and the mothers certificateof naturalisation or registration as a > citizen of the UK (what's this) > Thanks Bill > *__* > > > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Bill, I have a British passport, live in Australia but was born in England of English parents, we came in 1950 but did not have passports to get into Australia - we had an entry permit which fortunatley my parents had kept so I was able to use this to prove how I got into Australia - I still have a British passport as when we came in 1950 we were classed as Australians, but then Gough WHITLAM changed the rules and made it retrspective back to 1945 - so I have never been naturalised - I was good enough when I arrived etc. Of course I now have to have a re entry visa every five years (we go OS a lot) which I have to pay for, my sister who came with me has a permanent re entry visa which costs her nothing - work that out, no on else can, she is told she is very lucky to have it. There are various immigration offices around Australia which are listed on their web site, I think I would be phoning one of them as she will need a re entry visa, also the British High Commission is where you get the UK passports, they do have a ph number BUT it does cost a few dollars a minute, don't ask why, I suppose it's because they can, just check out their website, (check Google). I use the Southport Immigration Office on the Gold Coast. I do hope this helps, Happy hunting and good luck, Annette WATSON Lismore 2480 At 07:37 PM 15/01/2010 +1100, you wrote: >Hi listers >Anybody able to answer a question for me. >A friend of mine is applying for a UK >Passport born in Australia to UK citizens >the passport people are asking for her mothers full birthcert (thats fine) >and the mothers certificateof naturalisation or registration as a >citizen of the UK (what's this) > Thanks Bill > *__* > > > > > > >Some useful websites - >FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Annette, We came out in 1966 and the following year a caravan outside a shopping centre invited anyone to become a citizen if they wished. At that point Australians were British and so was I. My husband took the attitude when he left UK that he didn't intend to go back (and so far never has but he could run out of excuses when I lose my dogs!!) and if we were going to live here then we should be citizens. It was easy we signed a piece of paper each and now have certificates saying we and our children are Australian citizens. I am not sure just why but today you are not an Australian citizen unless you go through some ceremony. It is amazing how many people in the upper 60s who have lived here and even had children here who are like you and don't have citizenship. The Yorkshire blood in me would balk at paying an entry visa to get back in. I assumed the original enquirer perhaps wanted an English passport so they could work in UK. (Have no idea how that works.) Our children came here aged under 2 and just 4 so they shouldn't have a problem either. The point you make of the certificate which gave us entry might be what they were looking for as an explanation of why the parent doesn't reside in UK. Jean in S. Australia. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Watson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 9:54 AM Subject: Re: [WRY] PASSPORT > Hi Bill, I have a British passport, live in Australia but was born in > England of English parents, we came in 1950 but did not have passports > to get into Australia - we had an entry permit which fortunatley my > parents had kept so I was able to use this to prove how I got into > Australia - I still have a British passport as when we came in 1950 > we were classed as Australians, but then Gough WHITLAM changed > the rules and made it retrspective back to 1945 - so I have never been > naturalised - I was good enough when I arrived etc. Of course I now > have to have a re entry visa every five years (we go OS a lot) which I > have to pay for, my sister who came with me has a permanent re > entry visa which costs her nothing - work that out, no on else can, she > is told she is very lucky to have it. There are various immigration > offices around Australia which are listed on their web site, I think I > would be phoning one of them as she will need a re entry visa, also > the British High Commission is where you get the UK passports, they > do have a ph number BUT it does cost a few dollars a minute, don't ask > why, I suppose it's because they can, just check out their website, > (check Google). I use the Southport Immigration Office on the Gold > Coast. > > I do hope this helps, > > Happy hunting and good luck, > Annette WATSON > Lismore 2480 > At 07:37 PM 15/01/2010 +1100, you wrote: >>Hi listers >>Anybody able to answer a question for me. >>A friend of mine is applying for a UK >>Passport born in Australia to UK citizens >>the passport people are asking for her mothers full birthcert (thats fine) >>and the mothers certificateof naturalisation or registration as a >>citizen of the UK (what's this) >> Thanks Bill >> *__* >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Some useful websites - >>FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >>FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >>Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >>http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jean She needs the British Passport (now the EU) so she can work in Europe. My granddaughter is working in the UK and as a Australian passport with an Ancestry visa but that wouldn't allow her to work in Europe,but this daughter of a friend of mine wants to work in Europe.Anyway I've advised my friend To get in touch with the British High Commission in Canberra. Bill Avoca Beach Nsw ps I came in 1951 jean and terry wrote: > Annette, We came out in 1966 and the following year a caravan outside a > shopping centre invited anyone to become a citizen if they wished. At that > point Australians were British and so was I. My husband took the attitude > when he left UK that he didn't intend to go back (and so far never has but > he could run out of excuses when I lose my dogs!!) and if we were going to > live here then we should be citizens. It was easy we signed a piece of > paper each and now have certificates saying we and our children are > Australian citizens. > > I am not sure just why but today you are not an Australian citizen unless > you go through some ceremony. It is amazing how many people in the upper > 60s who have lived here and even had children here who are like you and > don't have citizenship. > > The Yorkshire blood in me would balk at paying an entry visa to get back in. > I assumed the original enquirer perhaps wanted an English passport so they > could work in UK. (Have no idea how that works.) Our children came here > aged under 2 and just 4 so they shouldn't have a problem either. > > The point you make of the certificate which gave us entry might be what they > were looking for as an explanation of why the parent doesn't reside in UK. > > Jean in S. Australia. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Annette Watson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: [WRY] PASSPORT > > > >> Hi Bill, I have a British passport, live in Australia but was born in >> England of English parents, we came in 1950 but did not have passports >> to get into Australia - we had an entry permit which fortunatley my >> parents had kept so I was able to use this to prove how I got into >> Australia - I still have a British passport as when we came in 1950 >> we were classed as Australians, but then Gough WHITLAM changed >> the rules and made it retrspective back to 1945 - so I have never been >> naturalised - I was good enough when I arrived etc. Of course I now >> have to have a re entry visa every five years (we go OS a lot) which I >> have to pay for, my sister who came with me has a permanent re >> entry visa which costs her nothing - work that out, no on else can, she >> is told she is very lucky to have it. There are various immigration >> offices around Australia which are listed on their web site, I think I >> would be phoning one of them as she will need a re entry visa, also >> the British High Commission is where you get the UK passports, they >> do have a ph number BUT it does cost a few dollars a minute, don't ask >> why, I suppose it's because they can, just check out their website, >> (check Google). I use the Southport Immigration Office on the Gold >> Coast. >> >> I do hope this helps, >> >> Happy hunting and good luck, >> Annette WATSON >> Lismore 2480 >> At 07:37 PM 15/01/2010 +1100, you wrote: >> >>> Hi listers >>> Anybody able to answer a question for me. >>> A friend of mine is applying for a UK >>> Passport born in Australia to UK citizens >>> the passport people are asking for her mothers full birthcert (thats fine) >>> and the mothers certificateof naturalisation or registration as a >>> citizen of the UK (what's this) >>> Thanks Bill >>> *__* >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Some useful websites - >>> FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >>> FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >>> Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >>> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >> >> >> Some useful websites - >> FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ >> FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ >> Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki >> http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > Some useful websites - > FREECEN - http://www.freecen.org.uk/ > FREEBMD - http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ > Want to know where a place in Yorkshire is - Try Genuki > http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.725 / Virus Database: 270.14.144/2625 - Release Date: 01/16/10 06:35:00 > >