MN1 application for newly born child in UK

[Itachi11]

Hi guys, I have a question regarding my child’s GTV dependent visa. She was born in the UK in February 2026. I am going to be eligible for ILR in December 2026.

My question is whether I should apply for her dependent visa now or should I just wait until December 2026 and apply for MN1 application for her directly.

For context, I have Global talent visa that is valid until Dec 2026. And I am not planning to exit UK during this timeframe.
Thanks in advance.

[contorted_svy]

You can apply for registration directly after you get ILR. Highly suggest you secure private medical insurance as your child can't use the NHS for free without a visa. Clearly child can't travel until citizenship is granted and you get a UK passport.

[Itachi11]

You can apply for registration directly after you get ILR. Highly suggest you secure private medical insurance as your child can't use the NHS for free without a visa. Clearly child can't travel until citizenship is granted and you get a UK passport.

Thank you for your reply. I do have private insurance for myself and my partner that covers the baby too. But honestly never used it until now. I have a follow up question: wouldn’t the child considered overstayer if I don’t apply for her visa now? Will it cause any issue with her MN1 application? I don’t want to jeopardise her application if that’s the case. Thank you in advance.

[CR001]

The child has and entitlement to register as British onceeother parent gets ILR. There are NO issues.

A child cannot be an overstayer if they have never held a UK visa. UKVI wouldn't know about the child if they have never had a visa.

Many many people have done what has been suggested with no problems.

You are overthinking.

[secret.simon]

wouldn’t the child considered overstayer if I don’t apply for her visa now?

An overstayer is a non-British citizen who was issued a visa and has remained in the UK even after the expiry of the visa.

A child who was born in the UK and who has never been issued with a visa cannot become an overstayer, because there is no visa restriction to overstay.

If the parents were to apply for a visa for the child and then the child overstayed past the limit of the visa, then yes, the child would be an overstayer.

But a child born in the UK and which has never been subject to a visa cannot, by definition, be an overstayer.

But even if the child, born in the UK, were to overstay, they have an entitlement to register as a British citizen, regardless of the overstay, if either one parent acquires ILR and makes an application to register the child as a British citizen before that child's 18th birthday.