Help please.

[hully333]

the gov website is unclear on this matter and it is impossible to speak to someone. The digital assistant is horrendous going round in circles with generic information.

I am english british, my 16 year old son lives in norway and travels on a norwegian passport. I have flown him the uk 60 times in his lifetime. His next visit to the uk is easter 2025 and i intend to get him a british passport on this visit, its about time, does he need the new ETA ?
According to the gov website he automattically inherits my British citizenship. but how can he prove at border control that he has inheritted my british citizenship? I thought this maybe a passport things, but i cant get him a passport right now because during the online application process it states he is likely to need an interview. I can be paying the £100 for the application, because odds are that they will call him for interview and its not as if he can jump on a bus to go for it. Then they will fail the application.

Any ideas and the best way forward ?

[hully333]

you can delete the other one, keep this

[alterhase58]

Have you tried to apply for you son’s passport online? The system will tell you what is needed.
British passport doesn’t come under immigration.
Passport interviews can be held by phone if applicant is based abroad.
https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports

[Ticktack]

the gov website is unclear on this matter and it is impossible to speak to someone. The digital assistant is horrendous going round in circles with generic information.

I am english british, my 16 year old son lives in norway and travels on a norwegian passport. I have flown him the uk 60 times in his lifetime. His next visit to the uk is easter 2025 and i intend to get him a british passport on this visit, its about time, does he need the new ETA ?
According to the gov website he automattically inherits my British citizenship. but how can he prove at border control that he has inheritted my british citizenship? I thought this maybe a passport things, but i cant get him a passport right now because during the online application process it states he is likely to need an interview. I can be paying the £100 for the application, because odds are that they will call him for interview and its not as if he can jump on a bus to go for it. Then they will fail the application.

Any ideas and the best way forward ?

Your son might not be able to board a plane to the UK when the ETA fully kicks off. If I have to use other countries using the same system as a yardstick of measurement, your son would only be able to enter the UK on a British passport.

He wouldn't be able to get ETA as that can't be given to a British citizen. Without a valid ETA, the airlines wouldn't carry him.

Why hasn't he applied for a British passport in Norway?

The world is changing, and with it border security.