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“As a British citizen, I had the expectation that marrying someone from abroad would automatically give them the right to become a British citizen. That seems to be the case unless your wife happens to come from the European Union,”
Except this is a red herring because her application was rejected because she didn't include her passport, although she had followed the rules and used a solicitor approved copy.
So it seems like a simple cock up, not a Brexit conspiracy. Government department in cock up shocker, but I suppose if the Gruniad went with that angle it wouldn't be pushing its reader's buttons so much...
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Yes and no.
The passport copy rejection and lack of communication is typical useless bureaucracy. The form is also 40 pages and you need to give 5 years of travel history. Massive hassle.
But why only EU citizens are excluded from automatic UK citizenship if they marry a UK citizen I do find strange.
JWestland
"Her husband, Robert, raised another issue: that Europeans married to Britons do not have an automatic right to citizenship. “As a British citizen, I had the expectation that marrying someone from abroad would automatically give them the right to become a British citizen. That seems to be the case unless your wife happens to come from the European Union,” he said."
What The Fuck... (and the whole rest of this)