The petitioner had applied for registration as a British citizen pursuant to section 4C of the British Nationality Act 1981, as amended by the Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. The respondent, the Secretary of State for the Home Department refused that application and the petitioner now sought review. Born in the USA she sought citizenship through her mother, who acquired British citizenship through her own father. Her mother had been told at the time, that citizenship could be passed only through the male line, and there was no point registering the birth of the petitioner. That no meant that she was unable to apply.
Lord Brodie
[2016] ScotCS CSIH – 24, 2016 SLT 459, 2016 SC 629, 2016 GWD 11-224, [2017] INLR 76, [2016] Imm AR 909, 2016 SCLR 789
Bailii
British Nationality Act 1981 4C
Scotland
Cited by:
Appeal from (Inner House) – The Advocate General for Scotland v Romein SC 8-Feb-2018
Paradoxical Inhertiance of Nationality Rights
Whether transmission of British citizenship through the female line allowed from 1983 was retrospective: ‘With effect from 1 January 1983, the restriction to descent in the male line was abrogated by legislation for those born after that date, and . .
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Updated: 12 October 2021; Ref: scu.562601
