Passport Us And Brittish?

[Lost in LOS]

My mother was born in England. when she was 19 she married my American father at the end of WW2, moved to America and i was born in America, basically a war baby. My mother has become an American citizen only a few years ago to make sure her SS and services would get to her OK. i am now living in Thailand as a retiree.

My question is, can i get a British passport with proof my mother was an English citizen [and still may be, don't know] for 70 years +-. my mothers family still lives in England. If so what documents do you require?

thank you for your help

[samran]

start here. Odds are that you are automatically british, so no need to apply for anything apart from a passport. But I'll defer to others more knowledgable....

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=105205

[vinny]

When were you born? See also Can I register as a British citizen if I was born before 1983 to a British mother?

[jstumbo]

Unless your mother had you very late in life, you cannot claim British citizenship. If you had a British father instead of a British mother, then maybe you could. I am in the same situation. My British mother came to the US in 1960. I was born in the US in 1963 with a US father. I cannot claim British citizenship because at the time, it only mattered if your father was British, a mother being British did not count.

vinny's link seems to rule me out for the second requirement because my mother did not work for the UK government and I was born in the US, which is not a commonwealth country, where I got US citizenship.

[Lost in LOS]

Unless your mother had you very late in life, you cannot claim British citizenship. If you had a British father instead of a British mother, then maybe you could. I am in the same situation. My British mother came to the US in 1960. I was born in the US in 1963 with a US father. I cannot claim British citizenship because at the time, it only mattered if your father was British, a mother being British did not count.

vinny's link seems to rule me out for the second requirement because my mother did not work for the UK government and I was born in the US, which is not a commonwealth country, where I got US citizenship.

1947

[Lost in LOS]

When were you born? See also Can I register as a British citizen if I was born before 1983 to a British mother?

1947