Extending child's UK visitor stay while citizenship pending

Here it is viewtopic.php?f=42&t=342701

Most citizenship applications happen from inside of the UK - only in a number of instances can an applicant reside abroad at the time of application.

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 16, 2024 2:01 pm

Here it is viewtopic.php?f=42&t=342701

Most citizenship applications happen from inside of the UK - only in a number of instances can an applicant reside abroad at the time of application.

Yikes, that is a very worrisome thread. Thank you for sharing it. It helps our planning a lot.

I'm really wishing I had looked into this more before the application. Seems obvious to have applied from within the UK now. I thought we were doing the right thing by applying ASAP.

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 16, 2024 1:22 pm

Children are not punished for overstaying. The only issue you may potentially run into is that you applied for his citizenship from outside the UK and those applications are known to take longer than the standard processing time. I would put in place a private health insurance for your child as you may have to wait for a while.

Seriously considering the option of letting him overstay. I understand he wouldn't be punished as a toddler, but could we as the parents be punished? We're both UK citizens so not like it would impact any immigration requests for ourselves. But could we be fined?

No.

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 17, 2024 3:50 pm

No.

Interesting. Thank you.

An example.

vinny wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 26, 2024 9:10 am

An example.

Thanks Vinny. Glad to see that one finally got a successful outcome. Hard to believe it took 14 months to process though! Absolutely mental that.

We're still waiting although it's only been about 5 months for us. Let's pray I'll have more luck than the other thread.

Still feeling a bit nervous about this overstaying plan. I can't imagine our MP or FNE will be very eager to help us while overstaying.

I'm happy to report that we received a positive decision! Thank you to all of you for the advice. It saved us a lot of time, money, and stress.

Congratulations. Time to get a passport for your little one and then you can rest easy.

Congratulations!