United Kingdom - Passport & Nationality - British Citizenship by Double Descent (Colony Marriage)

A woman has a potential claim to British nationality where she (or her father) were born in former British Colony before its independence. It arises where:

 - the woman (or her father) was born in a former British Colony;

 - the woman married a man before the independence of her own country of birth;

 - the woman's husband (or her father-in law) was born in a former British Colony that gained its independence after the Independence of the woman's country of birth; AND

 - the woman has the Right of Abode.

The Right of Abode normally arises where:

 - the woman has a UK-born grandparent;

 - the woman's husband (or her father-in-law) was born in the UK;

 - the woman spent at least 5 years in the UK before 1983; OR

 - the woman holds no other nationality.

In addition, the applicant must have escaped the Automatic Loss provisions that were enacted upon independence of her country of birth.