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With my permanent resident card, can I apply naturalization for my 2 children age 11 & 4 born abroad with their visiting visa?

No you cannot. Children are expected to have at least 2 years residence and ILR or permanent residency to qualify for citizenship if they are born abroad.

What is your nationality and the nationality of your children?

What is the immigration status of their mother?

Sorry guys, i'm away on holiday as your question below:

What is your nationality and the nationality of your children?
Ans: Nigerian with Permanent Resident Card, my two children are still in Nigeria with my wife over there

What is the immigration status of their mother?
Ans: Nigerian

The status of children born outside the UK is in line with that of the less-privileged parent.

So, your wife will need to migrate to the UK and go through all the steps required to reach ILR/PR status and get citizenship.

Your children will be eligible for registration as British citizens either when both parents are British citizens or one is a British citizen and the other parent is applying for British citizenship.

Just to clarify, do you have ILR under the Immigration Rules or PR under the EEA Regulations? They are two separate statuses.

Thanks guys, I still want to know if I can apply naturalization for my 2 children (age 11 and 4) when they visit me with their 6 months visiting visa and possibility to stay with me, presently I have permanent resident card and my naturalization is due May 2016 (This year) while still battling with my wife settlement visa in Nigeria.

2011senator01 wrote:Thanks guys, I still want to know if I can apply naturalization for my 2 children (age 11 and 4) when they visit me with their 6 months visiting visa and possibility to stay with me, presently I have permanent resident card and my naturalization is due May 2016 (This year) while still battling with my wife settlement visa in Nigeria.

NO, you cannot!! I feel my original answer to your question was quite clear. They DO NOT qualify in any way to apply for British Citizenship. They will have to apply for a settlement visa under the UK Immigration rules in line with their mother and wait 5 years before they can apply for ILR.

Through what route did you obtain permanent residence?

secret.simon wrote:Just to clarify, do you have ILR under the Immigration Rules or PR under the EEA Regulations? They are two separate statuses.

secret.simon has also asked you previously to clarify about your PR.

2011senator01 wrote:while still battling with my wife settlement visa in Nigeria.

A hint that the OP may be referring to ILR BRP when he says "permanent residence card"?

As have been mentioned multiple times before, the children born abroad do not qualify for citizenship.

sushdmehta wrote:

2011senator01 wrote:while still battling with my wife settlement visa in Nigeria.

A hint that the OP may be referring to ILR BRP when he says "permanent residence card"?

Unless he obtain PR through RoR, in which case the OPs situation won't make sense or be very complicated. If it is RoR and he has PR, it would still be a settlement visa.

Okay, but unsure why PR or ILR status is relevant to the query about children's eligibility to citizenship? In either case, the children are not eligible for citizenship, if born outside UK.

Or am I missing something?