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by toad » Fri Aug 22, 2014 9:11 am
Hi,
I am recently naturalised British. My wife has a South Korean passport and has had ILR for past 18 months. She does not want to get BC because then she will have to give up her Korean passport, so she will just stay on ILR. (South Korea normally does not allow dual citizenship)
She is pregnant and wants to have the child in Korea. When the baby is born in Korea, he/she will have Korean citizenship automatically.
How do I bring him/her to the UK? By the way, Korea does allow dual citizenship if the baby is born into it (that is, the parents are of two different nationalities or the baby was born overseas to Korean parent(s) ).
Here are two options I can think of:
1. Apply for a UK visa as a dependent to a UK citizen (with Korean passport). Naturalise him/her in the UK later.
2. Apply for the UK passport in Korea, based on "Citizenship by descent" (so ends up with both Korean and UK passport immediately)
No 2 seems to be the natural choice, however I am a little concerned that he/she will not be able to pass on the UK citizenship to his/her child, if his/her child is born outside the UK (since anyone who attained the UK citizenship by descent cannot pass on the citizenship to one's child)
I would appreciate your opinions on this.
Thanks.