British passports

Have poked the amazingly brilliant people on my flist for help as well.

A few things I thought of:

* Yes, I would totally ride the Candian Consulate like a pony. Call and make sure they got it tomorrow. Call for updates daily until they give you your passport just to get you to shut up.

* Perhaps a UK passport would be easiest. I am assuming you have dual citizenship because I don't think they will fork one over otherwise.

* And in perhaps the most important bit of advice - CALL your travel agent and see what the options/fees are for changing your tickets. You do have a big window there and better to come over early week one instead of Sat. than not at all. It would screw up the NC jaunt but that can be mostly worked around.

Not coming up with anything else at the moment. Drat. I am normally better at this. Let me know if I can do anything. :)

You can do it if you are a UK citizen or maybe have dual nationality: don;t know if you do. Canadian passport matters are, I suspect,indeed subject to the whims of your Consulate. Sorry not to be more helpful. do you have the web address of the UK Passport service? If not it'shttp://www.ukpa.gov.uk/_3_urgent/3_contents.asp

Updates for today:

From norwegianne

There's probably special rules for Commonwealth citizens in the UK. Wikipedia: Some Commonwealth countries give Commonwealth citizens privileges that are not accorded to aliens: for example, in the United Kingdom, the right to vote is given to all Commonwealth citizens resident in that country. This is reciprocated mainly in the Commonwealth Caribbean, even to the point where in some of the countries resident Commonwealth citizens may even be elected or appointed to the national legislature. However, these privileges are largely not on a reciprocal basis, and it is up to each country to decide what privileges it accords to Commonwealth citizenship, with the exception of the Commonwealth Scholarship. Other privileges that the United Kingdom grants Commonwealth citizens include access to the National Health Service or NHS (where reciprocal agreements exist) and the right of all Commonwealth citizens to obtain a working holidaymaker visa. Some of the privileges offered by the individual countries have eroded over the last few decades, although most countries continue to afford special treatment in the area of immigration (e.g. right of abode in UK for some) and visas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Commonwealth

Everything will probably work out just fine.

From Tweed:

Information on British Citizenship here: http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/british_nationality/advice_about_nationality/bn1_-_british_citizenship.html

So...your Mom has always been a British citizen??

This link:http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/applying/british_nationality/advice_about_nationality/b13_-_british_citizenship.html?

Says to me that you are entitled to be granted British citizenship no matter where you were born. However, this might be a time consuming process. It's almost automatic - but you have to fill out a form.

Other random thought I had today:

- Call the CAB or the Home Office and just ask.

"I was born in Canada. My mother is a British citizen and we emmigrated to UK in X year. I have been in residence in the UK since this time. I have maintained my Candian citizenship all this time and hold a Canadian passport. I am going on vacation to the States and wanted to know - what paperwork or documentation will I have to present to re-enter the UK."

Easy peasy. :D

At least then we know WHAT we are looking for. :) Actually, I wonder...