British Citizenship for newborn born abroad (outside UK)

[bellafudge]

Hi, I am on a spouse VISA and decided to give birth in Malaysia. My husband has a British Citizenship. Will he be able to pass down his British Citizenship to our baby? If so, what do we have to do?

[CR001]

How is your spouse British? Is your husband British/UK born or naturalised as British or born abroad and British by Descent??

[bellafudge]

My husband is British/UK born

[CR001]

Child is then British by Descent and can apply for a British passport directly. This can take between 16 weeks and 1 year from abroad.

The other issue is also that Malaysia doesn't allow dual citizenship so you will need to find out how this affects the child if they only hold a British passport and want to leave Malaysia.

[bellafudge]

Our plan was to give birth in malaysia then come back to the uk at the end of this year . The child would need to get a malaysia passport to fly . So would this affect the process of getting a UK citizenship ? I understand about Malaysia not being able to hold dual citizenship and we are fine with that.

[CR001]

Our plan was to give birth in malaysia then come back to the uk at the end of this year .

Probably easier to have given birth in the UK (in my opinion).

The child would need to get a malaysia passport to fly .

Then you can apply for a certificate of entitlement to right of abode in the Malaysian passport. Costs around £400 and takes a few weeks.

So would this affect the process of getting a UK citizenship ?

The UK allows dual citizenship, it is Malaysia that is the issue. Your child would be British by Descent regardless.

[bellafudge]

thank you so much for your reply.