Commonwealth Citizen
To meet the citizenship requirement, you must be one of the following:
1- A British Overseas Territories citizen
2- A British National (Overseas)
3- A British Overseas citizen
4- A British subject
5- A citizen of a country listed in Schedule 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981
You must prove your status with a valid passport or travel document from a Commonwealth country. It
is not necessary to have been a Commonwealth citizen from birth; naturalization as a Commonwealth
citizen also qualifies.
Age Requirement
Applicants must be at least 17 years old on the date they plan to arrive in the UK. While there is no
upper age limit for the UK Ancestry visa, you must demonstrate that you are capable of working and
intend to seek employment.
UK-born Grandparent
You need to provide evidence that one of your grandparents was born in the UK or Islands. This
grandparent can be either a biological grandparent or a grandparent by legal adoption recognized in the
UK. There is no requirement for the parent or grandparent to have been married at the time of birth.
You cannot qualify for this visa based on a great-grandparent or more distant ancestors born in the UK
or Islands.
