United Kingdom - Passport & Nationality - British Citizenship by Descent (UKM Registration through Marriage)
In 2010, legislation was introduced to remedy gender discrimination in the 1983 British Nationality Act. This solution arises impacts a person:
1) who was born between 01.01.1949 and 31.12.1982;
2) whose parents were married before the independence of their mother's country of birth;
3) whose mother was born in a former British territory; AND
4) who has the Right of Abode through a paternal grandparent born in the UK.
In such circumstances, the applicant can register as a British citizen.