Still Pondering My Status As An Australian Updated
Back in November, last year, posted this piece, very tounge in cheek, as to wether I was really a Pom. http://researchbylily.blogspot.com/2017/11/pondering-my-status-as-australian.html I contacted Family Wise Ltd [ https://family-wise.co.uk/ ] and asked them to look into it for me. Here is their reply, "Following a conversation with the Home Office this morning, it depends on your father’s nationality at the time of your birth. If he was born a British citizen, you would be considered British by descent but only if your father was still a British citizen when you were born." Now I have to contact the Department of Home Affairs and see what they say. What started as a bit of curiosity, is now something I really want to find out. Watch this space! Just a recap, for those who didn't see the original post. My Dad was born in 1896, when New South Wales was still a British Colony. While it was called Australia, it didn't become federated until 1901. ...