ILR or Naturalisation for kids

[omkar_m]

I have 2 kids, 7 year old daughter and 7 months old son

Kid 1: 7 year old daughter. She was born in UK and She is aligned with my BRP end date 24th Dec 2025
Kid 2: 7 months old son. He was born in UK and I have not applied for any visa for him as my plan was to apply for naturalisation after one of us parents gets a successful decision on ILR.

Myself and my wife applied together for ILR and the plan was to apply for naturalisation for both of my kids as soon as we get decision on ILR.

home office has sent us an email asking for the following

I must be satisfied with the travel, reception and care arrangements for your dependant child <MY Daughter name>. I also need to be satisfied that the welfare needs of <MY Daughter name> are still met once they are in the UK.
It has been noted that you have not submitted an application for settlement for your dependant child <MY Daughter name>
Please could you confirm if you intend to submit an application for settlement for your dependant child <MY Daughter name>

Could you please help me with this ?
What should I do ?

- Reply to home office telling about my intention of applying for Naturalisation for both of my kids ?
- Or should I apply for my daughter ILR application ?

What about my son ? Should I tell home office about the plan that I will apply for naturalisation for him or should I apply for his ILR ?

[CR001]

Tell UKVI you will register ypur daughter on form MN1 once ILR is granted. They know the rules.

No need to say anything about your son as he doesn't have a visa and they haven't asked about him.

[omkar_m]

I will. Thank you very much.

[omkar_m]

Hi Again,

I have a follow up worry. Please help me with this.

Kid 1: My daughters visa ends on 24th December 2025
Kid 2: My son doesn't have any visa as we had plans for applying for his naturalisation

I have emailed home office that we plan to register my daughter and my son on MN1 form as soon as one of us receive a successful ILR decision. I have also attached supporting documents to show that my daughter stays with us and we have enough funds to take care of her and she goes to school.

However, I have a feeling that this will take time and we may not hear back next week or worst case by 24th December from home office. We are also waiting for a letter from my daughters school confirming her ongoing enrolment to send to home office, which will only happen next week.

What should I do ?

I know that I can apply for my daughters ILR as she is attached to my visa and tell home office that I wish apply for her ILR.
What about my son ? Can I apply for my son's ILR too ?

Plan 2:
Can I apply for MN1 form for both of my kids while we are waiting for the our ILR application ? what will happen after 24th December, assuming that our ILR application is still in process and MN1 forms are pending ? will my kids become overstayers ?

[CR001]

Your son has no legal status in the uk as he doesn't have a visa. You didn't need to mention him to ukvi either.

Your daughter becomes an overstayer when her visa expires yes.

Note that being overstayers has absolutely NO effect on their entitlement to register as British.

They also do NOT need ILR. With no visas, tbey nothing are not entitled to free nhs so hopefully you have private medical insurance foe the kids. Your son was only entitled to free nhs for rhe first 3 months after birth.

You would never had their approval for citizenship before your daughter's visa expires anyway. Citizenship applications can take up to 6 months.

You have over thought responding to ukvi, you simply needed to state your intention for your daughter. No need to send loads of documents or mentioned your son as ukvi would not have been aware of him, but now they are!