My mother had a British Passport she was born in Libya. she is now deceased do I qualify for a British Passport>

Why would you ask that here?
I think you may be confused about where you are asking such a question.

You should contact the imm igration department in Ireland, or the Sou=th African Counselet.

The country has maintained its ties with the U. K..and monarchy. aIndeed, their prime minister can be dismissed via this link. Historically, it was settled largely by the English. Their government is based on the parlimentary model. Bear in mind that Australia is a relatively new country although an ancient continent with a native population having lived there about 60 thousand years. Part of the population would like Australia to be a Republic, the other part would like it to remain tied to the U. K. Although there is definitely an Australian culture, it is closer to British culture than U. S. culture. It does have some world class universities. One PM could speak Mandarin Chinese but was clearly Anglo. There is a tradition of giving people a fair go although there is more friction arising from conflicting ideas about settlement of refugees from the Middle East. Thus far, they are content to make use of talent where they find it and that includes the population from the U. K..although there are colorful names attached to this segment. You certainly see more British TV in Australia than you are ever exposed to in the U. S.. There is no restriction regarding country of origin for the PM's office, unlike the U. S. presidency.

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You should call the British Embassy in Madrid and ask. Their phone number is available on-line. In many cases, forms may be downloaded and filled out with a PC. Just print out, then sign and date it AT THE CONSULATE OR EMBASSY with a staff witness present. Some embassies require you bring photos of the proper head size and frame size, and others take digital photos as you wait as part of the processing. They will need your expired passport and require another form of positive identification such as a UK driver's license, national health card, UK birth registry record, UK naturalization document for those citizens not born in the UK or it's territories or possessing the UK record of birth abroad document. Foreign birth records must have an apostile affixed by the originating country to signify it's authenticity for use and must be accompanied by a UK naturalization document to be accepted as two forms of positive identification for a citizen of the UK.

I presume you have dual citizenship... as long as you have a legal passport i can't see that you will have any problems. you would be well advised to contact the south african embassy in the UK and obtain a visa to travel to that country. i traveled to australia a couple times and to ensure a trouble free vacation (at least with customs) i visited their embassy in my country to obtain one. they will explain any restrictions that apply to the visa.

You get to decide for yourself what your full name will be! If you want, you can keep Paula Nazareno Aquino, just as it is. Or you can become Paula Jonestone. Or Paula Nazareno Aquino Jonestone. I suspect most people in your situation keep the father's surname and drop the mother's, which would make you Paula Aquino Jonestone, but it's up to you. The system in the UK is much less prescriptive than it used to be.