French citizenship by descent???

[Jinn]

I live in Australia, but i am European origin, and want to move back to

the UK with my gf/future wife. She lives in Philippines, but her

grandfather is a Spaniard, and grandmother French, they had a daughter

borne in Spain, she is my gf’s mother so she should be Spanish citizen,

but unsure if her parents registered her in french embassy or any

french registry, and as a little girl moved with parents from Spain to

Philippines, then my girlfriend was borne there but not registered in

Spanish/French Embassy. Now we seek any information how to get French

citizenship and passport for her. I hold EU passport so no problem to

return to the UK and live there but she has not. Now we need to find

any informations how to process her citizenship application, where,

cost of processing and any documents required. I am sure that her

mother’s birth certificate will be required, but unsure in French

embassy can help us to find it out in France or Spain, or her

grandmother's certificate from France, or we need to go there and find

it in France. My girlfriend’s parents are divorced and she hasn’t any

contact with them so we don’t know when and where her mother was borne

in Spain.

Is she still eligible to get French citizenship if her grandmother is/was French citizen?

Who did all process, please let me know about the details, the most important is time of waiting for citizenship.

[Clair]

The legal position in France is that " The child is French by birth if at least one parent is French."

Your girlfriend needs proof that one of her parents is or was a French national.

I don't know the Spanish legal position, but it is safe to assume she will also need to prove at least one of her parents is Spanish to claim Spanish nationality.

[AnOther]

Sorry if I'm missing something obvious but when your GF becomes your wife she will be entitled to live with you in UK, although you should be be prepared for an investigation into the legitimacy of your relationship to prove that it is not a sham just to get her into UK.

Rather than spend who knows how many months, or years even, on what might well prove a fruitless quest anyway, why not get married as it solves the issue more or less at a stroke ?

If you're not ready to get married yet then try and smuggle her onto a lorry at Calais [:D][:D][:D]