Am I entitled to US passport?

[feellikeanalien]

Not sure if this is the best place to post this. Bearing in mind that things could be pretty dire in the UK over the next few years I've been looking into where DD and I could go if the shit really did hit the fan.

My grandmother on my Dad's side was American although Dad never lived in the US. I have read on some websites that US nationality can be claimed through a grandparent.

DGM is dead now and Dad has never had anything except British nationality but thanks to my lovely auntie I have lots of information and documentation.

Anyone know anything about this?

No, US citizenship only goes down one generation for US citizens born abroad. It’s possible that your father would have been entitled to apply (assuming your grandmother fulfilled the US residency requirements) but you aren’t.

E.g. my UK born children have US citizenship through me, but their children won’t be entitled to it unless they are born in the US.

Though actually, googling it, I might be talking rubbish as I do see one reference to US citizenship through grandparents!

Just ignore me then, I haven’t a clue.............

LOL at leaving Brexit Britain for Trump’s USA.

Do you have any other connections?

I know Wicked but he won't be there forever. Desperate times and all that!

My DGM's great grandparents were German butI think that would be clutching at straws!!

I expect we'll just have to take what comes.

What @7salmonswimming said!!

Sorry that was meant for 7salmon. Suffering from a horrible virus at the moment so my brain is not working very well.

Do NOT rush into this. If you would be arguing that (or enquiring to find out if) you had always been a US citizen, and they agreed, then you would immediately become liable for all the tax returns you hadn't done. There could also be fines and possibly prosecution for all your undeclared "foreign" bank accounts (i.e. your normal UK ones). They are not fluffy and kind about tax, they will fine people who had no idea they were US citizens as much as people who always did.

If your DGM lived in the US throughout her childhood then the chances are your dad is a US citizen, but unless it's a matter of life or death then confirming that and getting a US passport could open him up to a complete tax nightmare that's best avoided.

If your DGM lived in the US throughout her childhood then the chances are your dad is a US citizen

However the dad would have had to have lived in the US for 5 years for the OP to be a US citizen by birth.

We've been through this with our kids - they only just qualified for US citizenship as DH had lived in the US for a total of 5 years and 3 months before they were born.

No, my grandparents were both naturalized US citizens but when I moved here to the US I still had to jump through all the usual visa hoops. No advantage at all. Only parents count for US citizenship. Ireland is one of the few countries in the world that grants citizenship through a grandparent so maybe that is what you are thinking of?

No, you wouldn't. I say this as a Canadian American who's been through the process myself and have just completed it with DS. In order to pass it on to DS I had to have lived for five years, at least 2 of which were after age 14, in the US before his birth.

I think it's unlikely in reality that I would actually go ahead but I was curious to see if there was a possibility.

Dad never lived in US. DGM left in her 20s and married my DGF. She never lived permanently again in the US.

Thanks to everyone who has replied and I'd certainly have to be pretty sure of all the implications (including tax) before going ahead.

My children became naturalized American citizens through my father, their grandfather. It is called expeditious naturalization and has to be done before the grandchild turns 18.

My children are citizens because I lived most of my life in the US. Unless they go live there for a significant time, their children/my grandchildren won't be citizens.