Marriage and nationality
A marriage can be an important event in a family history, but it does not automatically make someone British. Historical nationality questions and present-day partner immigration questions should be considered separately.
Nationality can depend on the rules and circumstances relevant to an event in the past. A present-day description of the relationship may not explain how a historical status arose or whether it passed to another generation.
A family visa concerns permission to live in the UK through a qualifying family relationship. A nationality investigation asks whether citizenship already exists or whether a route to acquiring it may be relevant.
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