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can someone please clarify for me if our son can apply for a british passport straight away and bypass the mn1 form

dad and i were not married at the time he was born and i did not have ILR then (mum) but his father did.

because of this would he be able to just apply for a british passport? or would it be at the home offices descretion. if it is the latter would it be advisable to write a letter asking that they consider him as a BC?

Children born before 1 July 2006 whose father is a British citizen but not married to their mother - section 3(1) applications


Are you now married to the father of the child?


regards

misshair2010 wrote:can someone please clarify for me if our son can apply for a british passport straight away and bypass the mn1 form

Of course not.
You cannot apply for passport without applying (and getting) citizenship first. If you have never registered your child as British citizen before, then your child is not British citizen and cannot get British passport.

thank you for your responses. no although we are still together we are not married. wunder thank you the reason y someone like me asks questions like this on this board is because no matter how dumb it may sound.

sush it was for that very reason that i was asking. from what i understand from the link. although we are not married. this section suggests that as long as the fathers name is on his Birth certificate (which it is) then our son will be entitled to BC is that right?

No. the link explains that if the child was born before 1 July 2006 then they are not automatically British. They have to register under section 3(1)

Greenie wrote:No. the link explains that if the child was born before 1 July 2006 then they are not automatically British. They have to register under section 3(1)

If the mother acquired ILR after the child is born it would be simpler and better to apply under section 1(3) instead. Either way, must be done before age 18 and the child isn't British until this happens.