Passport was approved with just an official copy of my birth certificate from Bahrain and baby's birth certificate.

It was approved in about a week -- so all in all pretty straightforward

Ok, understood about the prima facie thing. So you think I should send my mum's birth certificate and marriage certificate, and not just my birth certificate. Do you say that because it's likely they'll ask for them following an application with just my birth cert? Is this something the post office ...

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not sure what documents were provided for my first British passport as it was when I was six (30 years ago now), and I doubt my mother remembers.

Surely my current British passport is sufficient evidence of my citizenship, whether or not I'm British by descent. No?

Hi, My son was born in England on 12 May 2021 to my Turkish wife (here on spouse visa) and me, a Brit born in Bahrain to a British mother. I didn't get a British passport until around the age of six, when my mum moved us to the UK. I just filled out my newborn's passport application online and have ...