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He should be included as a dependent for ILR on your wife's ILR application.Registration as British citizen: children wrote:As a general principle, the expectation is that there should be a staged approach to permanent residence and citizenship. This means that the child will first achieve one of the following before being considered for British citizenship:
• indefinite leave (IL)
• permanent residence under the European Economic Area (EEA) regulations
Given this you should normally only register a child under section 3(1) who has not been granted IL or permanent residence where there are strong compelling compassionate circumstances to do so. British citizenship does not give a minor any additional benefits that cannot be obtained through ILR and therefore representations on the basis of issues such as access to education are unlikely to be sufficient to justify the exercise of discretion.
Further to CR001's point, his application for registration must be submitted before his 18th birthday.
If the application is approved after the child's 18th birthday, the child will need to attend as citizenship ceremony, like any other adult applicant.Section 3 of the British Nationality Act 1981 wrote:(1) If while a person is a minor an application is made for his registration as a British citizen, the Secretary of State may, if he thinks fit, cause him to be registered as such a citizen.
