Hello Everyone
I am trying to obtain a British passport for my child who was born (in the UK) this year, but I am unsure about a few things, hoping some of you guys could help out
Current situation:
- I am an EU national, currently living and working in the UK
- I have Permanent Resident status as I have been a worker for 5+ years (acquired in the period 2004 to 2010)
- I have never applied for Resident Card or Permanent Resident certificate for myself as I've never had the need for it
- My wife is a non-EU national, she came to the UK on a EU Family Permit and has subsequently been issued a Resident Card; she has now been in the UK for about 2.5 years
- Our child was born earlier this year and we want to apply for a British Passport for our child
Questions:
In the Home Office Guide for form MN1 (page 6) it says there is automatic acquisition of British citizenship for a child born in the UK to parents where one or both are settled in the UK at the time the child is born.
Further on, on page 8, it says for children (born after 30 April 2006), will be British citizens if their parent had been in the UK exercising EC treaty rights for more than 5 years
1) From the above, it would seem that my child has automatic British citizenship; is this correct?
2) Does that mean there is no need for me to fill in form MN1 to 'Register' as a British citizen?
3) Is there any way to prove the child's British citizenship status apart from applying for a passport? (Is there some sort of a certificate or something similar?)
4) If my child does have automatic British citizenship, how do I go about obtaining a British passport for them? Is it just a case of simply filling in a passport application form? Or is there another form to fill in for someone in my situation?
5) The fact that I have never applied for a RC or PR document, will that be a hindrance to obtaining my child's passport?
6) I'm guessing they would have to verify my PR status in order to confirm the child's automatic acquisition of British citizenship; does this mean having to provide most of the same documents that I used in my wife's application for a Resident Card?
7) And finally does anyone have an idea for the sort of timescale this process is likely to take?
Thank you so much for reading and thank you for any advice you can give
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