robert78 wrote:
My daughter was born before 01 July 2006 and I'm the father in the Filipino birth certificate. My daughter has my Name. A second baby is comming at spring 2008.
In that case your child is not British automatically, but can be registered as British upon application (assuming you were born or naturalised in the U.K.). This is information from the British authorities in Australia, it will probably be similar in Manila:
http://bhc.britaus.net/passports/passpo ... asp?id=376
The fee is the equivalent of GBP400. Bear in mind that there is a time limit of age 18 for this kind of registration.
Processing time is closer to 2 months, not the 12 months stated on that page.
If you get married your child will (probably) become a British citizen automatically at that point, if not already British.
SO - if you plan to get married soon, you don't really need to apply for your child to be registered as British. If you don't plan marriage, you do need to register her.
If you do choose to register her as a British citizen, she will at least have a "stand-alone" proof of her citizenship.
Child #2 will be a British citizen automatically, if you are U.K. born or naturalised. You will be able to get this child a British consular birth certificate as well as a British passport.
