Jamaican High Commission United Kingdom

Citizenship by Descent for persons born overseas of Jamaican parentage

Qualifications

1. Persons born outside of Jamaica before the sixth day of August 1962 whose father or mother were or but for death before that date, would have been citizens of Jamaica.
2. Every person born outside of Jamaica to a Jamaican parent becomes a Jamaican citizen on or after 6th August 1962.

Procedures

Complete the form requesting the establishment of a claim to citizenship of Jamaica.

Supporting documents required are:

1. The claimant Birth Certificate;
2. The claimant father’s or mother’s Birth Certificate or Letter of Certification of Citizenship;
3. The claimant father’s or mother’s Jamaican passport or Jamaican Government issued Identification;
4. Two (2) passport photographs of the claimant certified by a Consular Officer, Justice of the Peace or Notary Public.
5. Mother’s Marriage Certificate where the married name is reflected on child’s birth certificate.

Please Note:

1. For the purposes of the establishment of a claim to Jamaican citizenship by descent, a Jamaican parent is a father or mother who is a Jamaican by birth, descent or registration by virtue of marriage.
2. Additional documents may be requested after the review of the application.

Fee: £65.40 in cash or postal orders

Please note that the application should be made through the High Commission.