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Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
by SamTheGreat
Hi Guys,
Our baby is born in UK and we have Indian Passport and are on PBS visa. We do not have ILR yet still 3 more years to go. Question Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
2) When baby turns 5 there might be an option for him to get UK citizenship (not sure some one told)
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
My question if apart from above points is there any other way as in born in UK to get UK citizenship.
Thanks
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 11:37 am
by alterhase58
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Hi Guys,
Our baby is born in UK and we have Indian Passport and are on PBS visa. We do not have ILR yet still 3 more years to go. Question Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
No
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
Yes
2) When baby turns 5 there might be an option for him to get UK citizenship (not sure some one told)
Not sure... has "someone" given the source for this?
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
Yes
My question if apart from above points is there any other way as in born in UK to get UK citizenship.
No.
Thanks
Why not familiarise yourself with the official UKVI guidance for form MN1: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... 1-guidance
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 4:28 pm
by JB007
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Our baby is born in UK and we have Indian Passport and are on PBS visa. We do not have ILR yet still 3 more years to go.
Be aware that free NHS for the baby will end after 3 months, or sooner if the baby exits the UK. The 3 months is to allow the parents to get a visa for the baby and and pay the IHS.
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
2) When baby turns 5 there might be an option for him to get UK citizenship (not sure some one told)
Are you talking about when Indian citizens used to be able to deliberately make their children stateless, so they could secure stay for themselves in the UK?
If you are, the UK stopped that.
The second to last paragraph here-
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/editorials ... l-migrants
or the
@secret.simon thread
general-uk-immigration-forum/potential- ... 15998.html
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 9:13 pm
by secret.simon
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
No
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
Correct.
Good catch,
@JB007, I had forgotten about that now-defunct route.
Children born in the UK can register as British citizens if they have lived in the UK for the first ten years of their lives, with absences of no more than 90 days in each of those ten years.
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
Don't need to wait for British citizenship. Either one parent acquiring ILR is sufficient for the child to be registered as a British citizen as the child is born in the UK. Rules are different for children born outside the UK.
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 4:29 pm
by SamTheGreat
alterhase58 wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:37 am
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Hi Guys,
Our baby is born in UK and we have Indian Passport and are on PBS visa. We do not have ILR yet still 3 more years to go. Question Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
No
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
Yes
2) When baby turns 5 there might be an option for him to get UK citizenship (not sure some one told)
Not sure... has "someone" given the source for this?
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
Yes
My question if apart from above points is there any other way as in born in UK to get UK citizenship.
No.
Thanks
Why not familiarise yourself with the official UKVI guidance for form MN1: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... 1-guidance
Thank you this was helpful.
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 4:33 pm
by SamTheGreat
secret.simon wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 9:13 pm
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
No
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
Correct.
Good catch, @JB007, I had forgotten about that now-defunct route.
Children born in the UK can register as British citizens if they have lived in the UK for the first ten years of their lives, with absences of no more than 90 days in each of those ten years.
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
Don't need to wait for British citizenship. Either one parent acquiring ILR is sufficient for the child to be registered as a British citizen as the child is born in the UK. Rules are different for children born outside the UK.
Got it ! In short either the baby has to be in UK for 10 years with absences of no more than 90 days
Or any of the parent get ILR.
This was so helpful Thank you @secret.simon and @JB007
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 5:23 pm
by SamTheGreat
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 4:33 pm
secret.simon wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 9:13 pm
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
Is there a possibility to get British Passport for the baby now ?
No
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
1) What I know is that parent or parents have to be on at least ILR for the baby to be British citizen.
Correct.
Good catch, @JB007, I had forgotten about that now-defunct route.
Children born in the UK can register as British citizens if they have lived in the UK for the first ten years of their lives, with absences of no more than 90 days in each of those ten years.
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 11:32 am
3) If we become UK citizen then we can apply for baby to be UK citizen.
Don't need to wait for British citizenship. Either one parent acquiring ILR is sufficient for the child to be registered as a British citizen as the child is born in the UK. Rules are different for children born outside the UK.
Got it ! In short either the baby has to be in UK for 10 years with absences of no more than 90 days
Or any of the parent get ILR.
This was so helpful Thank you @secret.simon and @JB007
@secret.simon If we are waiting for our time we spend on skilled worked 5 years to be eligible for ILR does the 90 day rule apply there as well ?
Re: Baby Born in UK Parent Indian Passport Skilled visa (PBS) British Citizen ?
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 5:27 pm
by secret.simon
SamTheGreat wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 5:23 pm
@secret.simon If we are waiting for our time we spend on skilled worked 5 years to be eligible for ILR does the 90 day rule apply there as well ?
The 90 days per year absence rule does not apply registration as British citizen applications where the child is born in the UK and one of the parents subsequently acquired ILR.