Can I get a British passport if my dad was born in Rhodesia?

Since South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1962 and only returned in 1994, it’s a foreign country for the purpose of British nationality law. This means that if your birth was registered, and your father’s father was born in the UK you could claim citizenship.

How do I apply for British citizenship through ancestry?

UK immigration rules allow an automatic claim to British Citizenship if you have a grandparent (and, in rare cases, a great-grandparent) born in the UK. This is known as British Citizenship by descent, or more specifically, British Citizenship by double descent.

What was Northern Rhodesia before?

Etymology. When whites settled what became “Southern Rhodesia” in 1890, and when the British South Africa Company was chartered to administer “North-Western Rhodesia” and “North-Eastern Rhodesia”, it was not under those names, but the names of the parts—”Mashonaland”, “Matabeleland”, “Barotseland”, and so on.

Can I get a UK passport if my grandfather was born there?

You can claim British citizenship by double descent if you have a grandparent (and in rare cases a great-grandparent) born in the UK. This is known as double descent. Children under the age of 18 will need to claim citizenship before the age of 18 or they will lose all rights to British nationality.

Does Zimbabwe allow dual nationality?

In addition, the Court declared that dual citizenship is not prohibited by the Constitution of Zimbabwe for citizens by birth. Most of these dual citizens routinely visit Zimbabwe and upon arrival present either one of the passports but usually the foreign one as most have been away for considerable periods of time.

When did British rule Rhodesia?

Southern Rhodesia

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