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Dear Gurus,

I need your kind inputs. My daughter will be 3 years in Feb 2017. She was born in India in 2014.

I am holding ILR since 2013. I haven't applied for Naturalisation yet due to all these expensive Spouse & Dependent visa for my family.

Now there are here since Feb 2016. I am planning to apply for Naturalisation some time next year.

I was thinking to some how save money & time on my daughters visa by registering her as BC on discretion.

I am aware of the rule i.e Parents needs to be settled of applying for BC.

Now my wife's Settlement spouse visa is expiring at the same time as my daughters since they got their visa together form back home.

I was thinking first to apply for my wife's ILR in premium service & then straightaway register my daughter as BC(this will be inline with the rules)

Assuming I will bet BC next year & wife will get ILR after 5 years.

Or what if I apply to register my daughter as BC once I get get BC and she completes 2 years in UK.

I have seen kids getting BC on discretion. Is there any specific situation Home Office looks for this?

I am just trying out a way to save some money in this expensive & stressful journey.

I would really appreciate your advise.

Thanks in advance.

All such foreign-born children are registered at discretion: s 3(1) of BNA.

Daughter can't register before mom naturalises.
Unclear what options you are thinking of.

Hello,

Thank you for your reply.

I was thinking to apply for daughters BC registration on discretion once I acquire BC next year. But my wife will be still on Souse visa. I wanted to know if this is a safe option?

If not then when my wife and daughter becomes eligible for ILR after 5 years. Can I apply my wife's ILR in premium service assuming she gets it & apply to register my daughters as BC since this will save me lot of money? I can apply 28 days before wife's visa expires just to have some time in hand. As both of their visa will expire at the same time.

Assuming I will become BC by then.

Thanks

Daughter cannot normally be registered before parent (wife) is settled.

POOR ME.

This makes me now wonder if living in UK is feasible anymore. Looking at the income & expenses to maintain a family including visa costs I think UK is bit daft.

ukorindia wrote:

POOR ME.

This makes me now wonder if living in UK is feasible anymore. Looking at the income & expenses to maintain a family including visa costs I think UK is bit daft.

Citizenship is not a visa; citizenship has intangible benefits over and above a simple cost-benefit analysis.

And even if it was you can't expect a racehorse for the price of a donkey.

ukorindia wrote:I think UK is bit daft.

Nobody forced you to come here

that was rude guys

I hope you are having a good day