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McrLad
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Help With My Daughter Obtaining A British Passort

Post by McrLad » Wed May 27, 2009 5:32 am

Hi My Wife is from Portugal & I'm non EU citizen, we have a 2yrs old daughter who was born in manchester.. Wife and i have been living in Manchester for almost 5 years so is there anyway we can obtain a passport for our daughter?? we've tried callin the home office a million times and they heep saying my wife has to live in England atleast 5 years before our daughter is elligible which doesnt make sense because she is from Portugal.. Pls can someone give me some advise cos we'd like to travel to sweden in this summer.. Thanks for your time...
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Post by UKBAbble » Wed May 27, 2009 6:56 am

Obtaining a Portuguese passport seems the obvious answer, she's not currently British.
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Re: Help With My Daughter Obtaining A British Passort

Post by Rozen » Wed May 27, 2009 10:11 am

McrLad wrote:Hi My Wife is from Portugal & I'm non EU citizen, we have a 2yrs old daughter who was born in manchester.. Wife and i have been living in Manchester for almost 5 years so is there anyway we can obtain a passport for our daughter?? we've tried callin the home office a million times and they heep saying my wife has to live in England atleast 5 years before our daughter is elligible which doesnt make sense because she is from Portugal.. Pls can someone give me some advise cos we'd like to travel to sweden in this summer.. Thanks for your time...
Simply because her mother is Portuguese and living in UK, doesn't make your daughter British! The mother would have to have permanent residence (after five years of living in the UK) before the child could be registered as British. As UKBabble says, get her a Portuguese passport! It is an EU passport after all, and she should be able to travel to Sweden visa free; which would also be the case with a British passport. So you can still go to Sweden easily when you get her a Portuguese passport, which I'm assuming you apply for from the Portuguese consulate.
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McrLad
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thanks

Post by McrLad » Wed May 27, 2009 11:46 am

thanks guys i think that should be a bit more easier than obtaining a british passport, 2 b honest i'm not really fuss about what passport she gets as long as she's allowed to join us on our journeys... i'll keep u guys posted about my situation.. Thanks for your help UkBabble and Rozen, ur Opinion was quite helpful..
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Post by JAJ » Wed May 27, 2009 12:34 pm

But do get your child registered as British once eligible ... it is never so good to be a foreigner as opposed to being a citizen of own country.
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Post by McrLad » Fri May 29, 2009 1:01 am

thanks, i'll keep that in my mind...
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