Petition · Home Office

Automatically grant UK citizenship to people affected by historical unfairness

Closed 34 signatures

What the petition asks

We ask the UK Government to change UK nationality law to automatically grant UK citizenship to people who may have not been granted UK citizenship based on whether their British parent was their mother or father.
Before 1983, British fathers could usually pass citizenship to children born abroad but British mothers often could not. Later reforms created application routes, but these are not automatic and may leave people disadvantaged. We ask the Government to legislate to ensure that UK citizenship is granted automatically to those who have been affected by this historic gender bias in UK nationality law.

Timeline

10 Nov 2025 Petition opened for signatures
10 May 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 34
Status Closed
Department Home Office
Opened 10 Nov 2025
Closed 10 May 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 29 Aug 2026.