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- From: cmh004@cck.coventry.ac.uk (Dave)
- Subject: Re: The Scarlet Letter
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- Organization: Lanchester Polytechnic
- References: <28405@castle.ed.ac.uk> <1992Nov19.175551.11925@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 11:25:02 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.175551.11925@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> gd8f@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Gregory Dandulakis) writes:
- >In article <28405@castle.ed.ac.uk> jeremy@castle.ed.ac.uk (Jeremy Henderson) writes:
- >>On the off chance that the AppleOfOurEye might like to accompany us
- >>on trips abroad, I called the Passport Office to ask about adding her
- >>name to my passport. Apparently this is impossible because a) her
- >>mother is Greek and b) we are not married, and hence she is not a
- >>British Citizen. The passport people suggested that she could become a
- >>British Citizen by ``registration'', but when I called the Naturalization
- >>Office (or whatever it's called), they told me that she couldn't register
- >>as a British citizen because she was born ``out of wedlock'' (their words,
- >>not mine).
-
- Christ!! When you can finally prove that your child is yours she will be a
- British Citizen, but you'll have to pay a fair wack in medical fees in order
- to prove this. Of course the Home Office only believe you if you are married
- even though the DSS will be quite happy to let you admit that the child is
- yours.
-
- > What about that she was born on British territory. Doesn't this give
- > her the automatic right for citizenship?
-
- No she does not - I'm assuming that she was born in the UK. As the child's
- mother is not British and the birth certificate (at the moment) does not
- recongise the father. Up until 1983 there would have been no problem in
- getting a passport for your child, as you would have automatically become a
- British Citizen if you were born in the UK, but you would still not be able
- to but her on your own passport.
- --
- Dave cmh004@cck.cov.ac.uk
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- Call this place what you like - Coventry University, Coventry Polytechnic or
- Lanchester Polytechnic it is all the same and is called school.
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