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British Parents: Child born in India Citizenship & OCI Quer

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 5:53 pm
by sojan
Friends,

AS per topic , the situation is Both parents BC by naturalisation. Baby to be born in India
I understand it is a very long process to apply BC passport , but would like to get your tips/experience on this matter

1. Father needs to come back to the UK within 2 weeks. Is mother alone sufficient to apply BC for baby?
2. I heard from colleague that baby can have both Indian passport & British Passport till he/she reaches 18 years?

Re: British Parents: Child born in India Citizenship & OCI

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:19 pm
by Amber
The parent(s) should apply for CoE for the child, assuming the child was born after a parent was naturalised.

Re: British Parents: Child born in India Citizenship & OCI

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 6:28 pm
by sojan
Amber wrote:The parent(s) should apply for CoE for the child, assuming the child was born after a parent was naturalised.
@Amber, thanks for that . I was reading details of CoE and is completely new to me :shock:

So after applying for CoE, can the baby come to UK and then apply for British Passport? Is that an easy process? Will then have to surrender Indian Passport?

Re: British Parents: Child born in India Citizenship & OCI

Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 8:28 pm
by Amber
A CoE in the passport would suffice without the need of applying for an additional passport.