We need to take our foreign-born child to the UK on her South African passport while her MN1 3(2) citizenship application is being processed. Can we get her the normal tourist visa using her South African passport and take her in on that? If so, could we apply for her UK passport while she was there...

I'm applying for citizenship for my 4-year-old daughter via MN1 section 3(2). She is South African-born and on a South African passport. Can I apply while she is in the UK on the tourist visa she already has? If I have to apply from outside the UK it will delay our immigration and jeapordise my job ...