5. At present, not all citizens by descent have the right of abode in the

United Kingdom.

They have the right of abode only if one of their parents or

grandparents was born, adopted, naturalised or registered in the United Kingdom.

The Proposed Changes

6. It is proposed that in the new law British Citizenship by descent (which

will always confer the right of abode in the United Kingdom) will be obtained

as follows:

(a) citizenship will descend in the female line as well as the male

line to the first generation of children born outside the United

Kingdom, when the father or mother is a citizen by birth here;

(b) beyond this, citizenship will descend to the second generation

only when either parent is in Crown Service etc at the time of the

birth;

(c) the acquisition of citizenship by consular registration in

foreign countries will cease;

(a) people who are naturalised and registered in the United Kingdom

(or by our High Commissioners overseas) will not as at present pass

on their citizenship to any children they may subsequently have who

are born outside the United Kingdom (in this respect they would be

put on the same footing as citizens by descent rather than citizens

by birth as they are at present);

(e) a child born overseas, both of whose parents are British Citizens

by descent, is to be entitled to be registered as a British Citizen

(under the provision for the registration of minor children) if he

and his parents have settled in the United Kingdom for 3 years during

his minority.

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