Baby for a EU citizen

Hi,
Myself (EEA dependent) and my wife (Italian resident) just had a baby, and we would like to apply for a visa for him.
Not sure what's the right route to take.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you

What's the nationality of the baby?

drcalm wrote:Hi,
Myself (EEA dependent) and my wife (Italian resident) just had a baby, and we would like to apply for a visa for him.
Not sure what's the right route to take.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you

Child born where
Immigration status of parents; (already settled / with PR or not)

A visa for which country?

The child should have inherited Italian citizenship through the mother at birth, and possibly your own citizenship depending on the nationality laws in that country.

If either of you had settled status (PR or ILR) in the UK before the child was born, it will have automatically acquired British citizenship by birth too (but if not, it is entitled to register once one of the parents is settled).

ohara wrote:A visa for which country?

The child should have inherited Italian citizenship through the mother at birth, and possibly your own citizenship depending on the nationality laws in that country.

If either of you had settled status (PR or ILR) in the UK before the child was born, it will have automatically acquired British citizenship by birth too (but if not, it is entitled to register once one of the parents is settled).

Child cannot acquire Italian Citizen if mother is not an Italian herself.

from the post, it seems that the mother is resident only.

Obie wrote:from the post, it seems that the mother is resident only.

A good application of logic, but actually Mrs Calm is Italian, and is a worker working in the UK.

So, if the baby is Italian, his best 'visa' is an Italian passport and if he isn't, the best long term visa for him is a residence card. In the short term, a long form birth certificate ought to get him around most of Europe if he can reach a border, but might not be valid for Italy.

drcalm wrote:Hi,
Myself (EEA dependent) and my wife (Italian resident) just had a baby, and we would like to apply for a visa for him.
Not sure what's the right route to take.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you

@drcalm,

It is unclear what you are actually looking for by asking about a 'visa'.

It is understood that your wife is a dual national (French & Italian); you are Israeli.
It seems you do not yet have settled status in UK but you do possess a UK RC dating from March 2014.

What is your quest?
Is it a route to citizenship / passport for your child?
If so, then for which citizenship(s): French, Italian, Israeli, British?

noajthan wrote: not yet have settled status in UK but you do possess a UK RC dating from March 2014.

What is your quest?
Is it a route to citizenship / passport for your child?
If so, then for which citizenship(s): French, Italian, Israeli, British?

Or all of the above?

That would be a fair old amount of form-filling.

Incidentally, Israeli passports are unusual in that when they expire, sometimes they are extended (in the same document) rather than being renewed altogether. A gentleman of my acquaintance got stuck with a 12 year old ginger grinning schoolboy in his Israeli passport until he was 27.