Passport application for child born in qatar

Hi,

Me and my wife are both born in the UK and have lived there all our lives. We came Qatar and she ended up giving birth here in Qatar. We need to apply for my child's first passport but I have a few questions.

The very first question is Do you live in the UK? We as parents do but she has never been to the UK and if I selected yes then it only sends out the passport to a UK address and also asks for the Passport used to enter the UK but she hasn't gone to the UK yet and doesn't have any passport or travel documents.

Also she is Britsh Citizen by decent so do I need to register her birth before applying for her passport?

Guidance on this matter would be greatly appreciated!

It is asking if the applicant (not parents) has lived in the uk, the answer is obviously no.

You do realise that a passport application can take long from abroad.

You do not need to register the birth. The child is British.

Thanks for the guidance.

When I get to the end of the application it asks for me to send grandparents birth certificates and marriage certificates and paternal grandparents birth and marriage certificates.

Wouldn't mine and the wife's birth certificates be enough as it states we are both born in the UK?

Or passport copies as this would also state place of birth as UK.

So me and my wife are UK citizens from birth and we had our child in Qatar and are still here so when I get to the end of the application it asks for me to send grandparents birth certificates and marriage certificates and paternal grandparents birth and marriage certificates.

Wouldn't mine and the wife's birth certificates be enough as it states we are both born in the UK?

Or passport copies as this would also state place of birth as UK.

Ignore that. Your child's claim to British citizenship is through you, not their grandparents Send the child's birth certificate with both your names on and both your passports or birth certificates.

Tegazra wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:26 pm

Wouldn't mine and the wife's birth certificates be enough as it states we are both born in the UK?

No. Mere birth in the UK does not confer British citizenship.

If either your wife or you were born before 1983, just use that parent's birth certificate (because birth in the UK before 1983 did confer British citizenship on that person) and the child's birth certificate.

However, if both parents were born in or after 1983, they would only have British citizenship if at least one of their parents were either British citizens or settled in the UK at the time of their birth.

So, in that case, you would need the British birth certificate of at least one parent and the British birth certificate of at least one parent of that parent (grandparent) of the child. You will also require the marriage certificate of the relevant grandparent couple.

You don't need the birth certificates of all grandparents, just one. And you will need the birth certificate of the parent who is the child of the grandparent, in addition to the birth certificate of the child itself.

Also note that the child may require these same documents in future in case they wish to register their children as British citizens (because any children born to them-your grandchildren-outside the UK will not automatically be British citizens). So be sure to keep them secure and pass them over to the child in later life.

contorted_svy wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 26, 2024 9:31 pm

Ignore that. Your child's claim to British citizenship is through you, not their grandparents Send the child's birth certificate with both your names on and both your passports or birth certificates.

Adding you into this chain for clarification.

Thank you for clarifying.