British passport for British citizen child born in India

At the time of applying the FRRO said it should get approved within 45 days though at that time they were apparently facing slight delays. That was 3 weeks ago.

The 1-year "New Visa" is a multiple entry one. So you can exit and enter India without needing OCI within that period. You can also apply for OCI from the UK but I felt applying from FRRO was way easier than from UK (which I had to do for my own OCI).

If you intend to apply for OCI from UK why bother with the visa then? Can't you just get the exit permit?

Also, Has the HCI London outsourced the OCI to VFS as well? VFS are much better than dealing with HCIL staff.

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I have been following this blog since Dec 2014 when I applied for my daughter. On 21st May 2015 they called for an interview and on 8th June I received a letter from the examiner saying all checks are cleared and they need a new photo as the previous one is 7 months old.
I have send the photos 2 time with recorded delivery which has been recieved by their officers and signed for and still on ever phone that I do to them they say it's pendibg .
I am fed up and don't know what to do now???
Can any1 help here or is any1 in the same situation.

Hi,

any document that we supply for child's passport such as employer's letter for proof of employment, ( however, I doubt it will be required but still ), whom do we have to address? HM passport office ? one office? whichever, what is the address that we need to mention for the agency?

Just to give an update on the Overseas birth registration in the UK -

Today I received the registration certificate along with all the original documents I had sent with the application form.

The whole process was completed within 1 full week (i.e. 5 working days). So having the British passport of the baby in hand before applying for registration really helps with the process.

We have now received my daughter's OCI in hand. Last week FRRO emailed us to inform about the OCI approval - exactly 30 days after applying, and in between we also had to submit the pending documents(which did not seem to delay the application). Today along with the OCI booklet the OCI was stamped on the passport. There was also the police verification involved. One officer had visited the residence in Bangalore last week to ascertain the applicant details.

Also, FRRO have confirmed that with OCI in hand, there is no more official formality to be fulfilled for the baby to leave India (as in no exit permit necessary).

So, the whole saga is finally over now, nearly after 310 days. That said we had applied for the OCI one month after receiving the passport in hand. So more or less, I would say 275 days it took from the day of applying for the British passport at VFS to the day we collected the OCI at FRRO.

guys, how long it took to get British Passport in Hand (in India) after your interview?

About a month as far as I remember. They had said during the interview to wait for up to 6 week.

Hi All,

I have been following the posts for last 6 months and good to hear that passports for few were issued at last.

My case is a bit unfortunate:

My daughter born in SEP 2014 in INDIA.
I (Father) am British by Naturalization (Sep 2013)
My wife (Mother) got ILR in Feb 2014. My wife traveled to india in Mar 2014 to get support from family at the time of pregnancy.


Nov 2014 >> Applied ROA. ( after looking at all the posts of ROA and Passport applications delays)
Dec 2014 >> ROA refused with silly reasons citing that I was not born in UK, hence my daughter cannot qualify.
Jan 2015 >> consulted solicitor and APPEAL launched.
Apr 2015 >> NO response, hence decided to apply Passport application as well while we wait for appeal decision. APPEAL still ON.
May 2015 >> Passport application finally posted. ( courtesy VFS appointment delays @ Hyderabad )
Jun 2015 >> Tribunal sends a letter asking HO to respond by end of June 2015 and asked for my response by end of July
10 July 2015 >> still no response from HO.

I am now in a very confused state, which option to go for:

1. Wait for the Tribunal to decide on the appeal? which may take another 2-3 months and can be +ve or -ve
If +ve >> all good ( No more expense, but might take 2-3 months)
If -ve >> I will loose right to even re apply for ROA

2. Withdraw ROA appeal and re apply citing that they got it wrong in first instance and request to consider and issue ROA (expense :£350, but response in 2 weeks)
if they reject it again citing the same reason as first application, then back to square one.
But at least I will know thier decision and wait for passport application.

3. Apply for the Overseas Birth Registration while waiting for the British passport application. It will require all original douments to be posted and might take similar timelines as passport.

Please kindly suggest me as we have already gone through a lot of emotional stress and getting impatient day by day.
I have travelled 3 times to India in last 6 months and have spend a lot of money for consultation, which did not give me any result.
My solicitor says he will prepare appeal bundle and quoting 5 times the price of the application fees.

I truly repent the decision to have baby in India. Home Office seems to be having under qualified team and DONT CARE attitude towards particular country applications.

Please Help. Thanks in advance.

regards,
Raaj

movingwander, I am really surprised why ROA was refused if you were a british citizen well before baby's birth.

SO basically your passport application is still under processing so you better wait for the outcome. that's all I can think of at this moment of time.

Thanks for advice Chandan. I guess I will additionally write to High Commissioner of Chennai to see if it helps.

regards,
Rajesh

movingwonder wrote:Hi All,

I have been following the posts for last 6 months and good to hear that passports for few were issued at last.

My case is a bit unfortunate:

My daughter born in SEP 2014 in INDIA.
I (Father) am British by Naturalization (Sep 2013)
My wife (Mother) got ILR in Feb 2014. My wife traveled to india in Mar 2014 to get support from family at the time of pregnancy.


Nov 2014 >> Applied ROA. ( after looking at all the posts of ROA and Passport applications delays)
Dec 2014 >> ROA refused with silly reasons citing that I was not born in UK, hence my daughter cannot qualify.
Jan 2015 >> consulted solicitor and APPEAL launched.
Apr 2015 >> NO response, hence decided to apply Passport application as well while we wait for appeal decision. APPEAL still ON.
May 2015 >> Passport application finally posted. ( courtesy VFS appointment delays @ Hyderabad )
Jun 2015 >> Tribunal sends a letter asking HO to respond by end of June 2015 and asked for my response by end of July
10 July 2015 >> still no response from HO.

I am now in a very confused state, which option to go for:

1. Wait for the Tribunal to decide on the appeal? which may take another 2-3 months and can be +ve or -ve
If +ve >> all good ( No more expense, but might take 2-3 months)
If -ve >> I will loose right to even re apply for ROA

2. Withdraw ROA appeal and re apply citing that they got it wrong in first instance and request to consider and issue ROA (expense :£350, but response in 2 weeks)
if they reject it again citing the same reason as first application, then back to square one.
But at least I will know thier decision and wait for passport application.

3. Apply for the Overseas Birth Registration while waiting for the British passport application. It will require all original douments to be posted and might take similar timelines as passport.

Please kindly suggest me as we have already gone through a lot of emotional stress and getting impatient day by day.
I have travelled 3 times to India in last 6 months and have spend a lot of money for consultation, which did not give me any result.
My solicitor says he will prepare appeal bundle and quoting 5 times the price of the application fees.

I truly repent the decision to have baby in India. Home Office seems to be having under qualified team and DONT CARE attitude towards particular country applications.

Please Help. Thanks in advance.

regards,
Raaj

Not sure why did you choose to go for ROA when your daughter is eligible to get ILR straight away. The whole process takes only 3 weeks maximum where as ROA and British passport takes atleast 6 months

reddy123,

Thanks for the response.
My daughter is British by birth and can appply for either ROA or British passport. I think ILR is NOT valid for British citizens. I have read in a post in this board that the ILR application has been rejected for a British subject.

Has anyone in the group applied for the ILR for British subject? please update. I am ready to apply anything as far as my daughter can join me in UK. She is almost 11 months now and i hardly spent time with her and it is killing me.

please help.

regards,
rajesh

movingwonder wrote:reddy123,

Thanks for the response.
My daughter is British by birth and can appply for either ROA or British passport. I think ILR is NOT valid for British citizens. I have read in a post in this board that the ILR application has been rejected for a British subject.

Has anyone in the group applied for the ILR for British subject? please update. I am ready to apply anything as far as my daughter can join me in UK. She is almost 11 months now and i hardly spent time with her and it is killing me.

please help.

regards,
rajesh

Rajesh,

Your daughter is eligible for ILR as your wife is currently on Indian passport with ILR. Not many of us know about this but I came to know through a friend of mine who was successful in getting ILR for his child with in less than 2 weeks.

Some ECOs seem to be unaware that they cannot grant leave to British citizens.

The refusal of a CoE-RoA to a British citizen, who does not hold a British passport, was unlawful.

Thanks Reddy123 & Vinny. I am already facing big issue with this untrained and under qualified ECO. Applying ILR will be strictly a chance as explained in the post by vinny and this can cause more financial damage to me with no result.

I have now decided to wait for the appeal decision and have written to High commissioner of Chennai @ web.newdelhi@fco.gov.uk
about their incorrect decision on ROA. In addition I have read that there is no more APPEAL process for any New applications, so, I might as well keep the appeal on.

regards,
Raaj

Hi

Can anyone say what is the process if we get British passport for baby born in India.
Do we need to take exit visa for the baby to trave to the UK? Or any other documents to be prepared? what is the procedure? duration?
Where can I find information regarding this?
If anybody knows anything, please could you share.

Thanks

ilrtier1 wrote:Hi

Can anyone say what is the process if we get British passport for baby born in India.
Do we need to take exit visa for the baby to trave to the UK? Or any other documents to be prepared? what is the procedure? duration?
Where can I find information regarding this?
If anybody knows anything, please could you share.

Thanks

Please have a look into this post
The whole process would take approx 4-5 days.

You may also call your local district SP office to see if they can help you. I have contacted them and were helpful in filling up the form

Hi Everyone

I have applied for overseas British passport for my son born in Hyderabad, India on 21 July 2015 from VFS Hyderabad. I have got an interview call last week Friday to attend interview on 29 Oct 2015. If anyone please let us know what will they ask in interview and how long after interview hopefully will it take for passport to arrive.

Many Thanks

Sharf Mohammed

Hi,

We have applied for British passport for our child (born in June 2015 in India) on 18th Sept. Fees deducted on 24th Sept. On the same got email from liverpool passport office to confirm address details for father, mother and child.

Has anyone applied during this time. Thanks

Hi rumi,

Congratulations…how long did it take to get British passport?

From where (which VFS) did you apply?

Thanks,
-Ramesh

Hi Ramesh

We applied from Delhi in May and got the passport in November.

Update On our child passport application.
Application date 18th sept 2015 at VFS Mumbai
Interview on 20th nov 2015
Passport collected 22nd dec 2015.
We were lucky to get passport in three months.
We do not know how but we used countersignatory as british citizen living in india who is Friend of mine. This may be reason for quick process.
Next step is exit permit. Hope this info will be helpful.
All the best.

Hi san000,

Many congratulations...

Could you please list what documents you submitted along with your application?

I need to apply for british passport for my son in Feb

Many Thanks,
-Ramesh

Hi Ramesh, refer H_manatee's post for list of all documents.
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