I am a British Citizen by descent. My wife and my child are non-British Citizens. I am going to move the whole family to the UK with a family visa, aiming to get citizenship for my child before he comes to age 18.
According to S.3(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981 ("BRA"), from my understanding, both parents have to stay in the UK for 3 years in order to register the child as a British Citizen. However, some posts in this forum indicated that 5 years are required instead of 3 years, and the following Government website also advised that both parents have to be settled in order to apply a minor to be settled.
https://www.gov.uk/settle-in-the-uk/y/y ... t-applying
As the rule affects my plan to move my family to the UK at child's age of 12 or 14, anyone who has experienced the registration under route S.3(5) BRA can advise me how many years the family has to stay in the UK?
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