Legal document proving who my parents are

[applejuice123]

How should I go about getting a legal document (issued in the UK) proving who my parents are?

I was not born in the UK but I became a naturalised British citizen through my parents's indefinite leave to remain, so I can't use a birth certificate. However, I'm guessing the Home Office or some government organisation must have my records somewhere?

[Zerubbabel]

Hello

As naturalised, you can't get these documents from the Home Office. You will always need to get birth certificate from your original country. The Home Office doesn't copy these records locally when you become naturalised.

[applejuice123]

Hello

As naturalised, you can't get these documents from the Home Office. You will always need to get birth certificate from your original country. The Home Office doesn't copy these records locally when you become naturalised.

Thanks. So what sort of records does the Home Office have? I assume they have a record of my immigration history (that I came to my country with my parents) and how I naturalised (through my parents's indefinite leave to remain)?

[Zerubbabel]

For all practical purposes, you can consider that they have nothing.

Yes, they keep records but if you are lodge an application for your family, you can't ask the Home Office to check their records. You need to demonstrate your relationship using documents from your birth country when you apply for your parents.

[applejuice123]

For all practical purposes, you can consider that they have nothing.

Yes, they keep records but if you are lodge an application for your family, you can't ask the Home Office to check their records. You need to demonstrate your relationship using documents from your birth country when you apply for your parents.

Surely there'd be records of who my parents are on my Home Office record, so I wouldn't need my parents' records anyway? Like what's the difference between a document saying my parents are my parents, vs a document saying my parent's son/daughter is me?

[Zerubbabel]

If you apply for a visa for your mother, please don't tell them: "check your records, you must find her somewhere". You need to demonstrate she is your mother with documents every time you apply.