dixonge
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
My family was originally from the UK - by any chance does this possibility extend back over multiple generations, to -- like, maybe -- say 1689?
Just checking...
Just checking...
Being British doesn't entitle you to the NHS, you need to be a paying national insurance contributor to be entitled to it.
Good luck
Just an update, I am the OP.
Waiting on my US passport now. Had to get my long form birth certificate showing parents full names, that took 2 months. Will send the UK application soon.
My thinking is, you never know how things will turn out and I would like the option to escape the US if needed. And besides I think it is cool to have. Might move there for a year, it would be an adventure.
Wait until after the Grexit vote!
I am trying to understand the UK system. So I register my citizenship, move to the UK indefinitely. I have paid no UK taxes in my life. I would not get free coverage?Residency and national insurance contribution are both necessary.
I am trying to understand the UK system. So I register my citizenship, move to the UK indefinitely. I have paid no UK taxes in my life. I would not get free coverage?
I am not seeing a downside for someone entitled to U.K. citizenship by descent. They would already have legal citizenship - and would just be getting the paperwork to prove it. It is not like they would have to take a class and pass a test with questions like:
1. A full English breakfast consists of bacon, eggs, fried bread, fried potatoes, sausage and ____
a. Tofu
b. Kale
c. Apple
d. None of the above
Just an update.
I finally got the UK Passport. From start to finish was about 5 months. Cost was 80 pounds for the Certificate of registration and 102.86 pounds for the passport.
If I was born after 1983 the Certificate of registration would not be needed and I could have gone straight for the passport.
Of course now with Brexit, I suppose this means no entitlement to the rest of Europe ?