She is able to use her BRP and so has 'settlement' for the UK and also uses her UK drivers license.

Background Info: My son (15 years) lives in the UK with me his dad (a British Citizen) permanently and has a Biometric residence permits (BRPs) and South African passport. His mother is South African and also has a Biometric residence permit and lives in the UK also. I wish to take him and his young...

The mother was not married at the time of the child's birth.

We wanted my step son to have the family surname. So completed all the relevant forms and as a consequence of doing this I was also named as his father on his birth certificate.

May be things have changed since 2009 in SA

I have not formally adopted him. But was granted parental responsibility by court order 2012.

When I married his mother we changed his birth certificate so I would be named as his father.
His natural had past away before he was born and therefore at birth no father was named.

I am currently applying for British Citizenship for my 14-year-old son (Form MN1). Before submitting the application, I would like to confirm that I am using the section of the ‘British Nationality Act 1981’ I think I should be using 3(5) hopefully someone can help with this one. My Details: I am th...