British Passport for child born in India - Timeline

[r.sharma5134]

Dear All,

I have applied for British passport for my new born child last month in India. I was wondering if others could share their experience on timescale for processing (the high commission website mentions 16 weeks).

In our case

8th December - Application sent by courier
12th December - Credit Card charged
Now waiting.

Also, does charging CC means they have accepted the application?

In our case Father is British and mother is ILR holder.

Thanks all.

[imurlove]

I am in same boat (we are yet to have baby) but it will born in india... so please do keep us updated.

thanks a lot

[r.sharma5134]

Got the passport but it took exactly 4 months...now we need to organise the Exit VISA

[naCC]

Got the passport but it took exactly 4 months...now we need to organise the Exit VISA

Hi , your baby was born in the UK or India ?

[ami123]

I am in a process of applying for passport for our newborn in a week's time.

have gone through the process as listed in
https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports/y ... ying/child

Anyone know is it possible to handover application/documents in delhi personally to avoid missing documents and other fuss delays

Any other people wish to share their information pl help

regards
ami

[john1978]

hi. I have applied first british passport for my child last yearsOctober .who was born in Iraq but now we are live in Germany .still I am waiting.they keep saying your child application going under security check.

good luck to you guys.

[shakil.saif79]

Hello,

Just wondering has anyone successfully been able to apply for British passport for his/her child overseas. if yes, please share your experience and timeline. Also please advise any advice, supporting documents or anything you think is useful?

Thanks Shakil

[shakil.saif79]

Any update?

Hello,

Just wondering has anyone successfully been able to apply for British passport for his/her child overseas. if yes, please share your experience and timeline. Also please advise any advice, supporting documents or anything you think is useful?

Thanks Shakil

[benz710]

I applied for a UK passport for my son at VFS Thailand Bangkok.

Date of application: 13/11/2014
Received by IPS: 17/11/2014
Fee taken: 18/11/2014
Date of return of documents: No documents returned. They took only photo copies.
called from VFS: 30/12/2014
Date of Passport Receipt/Pick up: 2/1/2015

Documents submitted.

1. UK passport.
2. my wife UK passport.
3. my son Thai birth certificate.
4. a translation of my son Thai birth certificate and verified by Thai authority.
5. Thai address book to prove me and my wife address in Thailand.
6. Thai ID card.
7. my wife Thai ID card.
8. Naturalisation certificate.
9. my wife naturalisation certificate.
10. UK married certificate.


They only took photocopies not the original documents.

No interview attended.

No email asked for more information.

It said in the website http://www.gov.uk that it would take at least 8 weeks for an applications made in Thailand and from when it’s received by IPS in the UK.

I read on the website that some people waited for a very long time but in my case it took just under 8 week.

Hope this info helps everyone.

[venkatvelivela]

[quote="r.sharma5134"]Got the passport but it took exactly 4 months...now we need to organise the Exit VISA[/quo
Hi yeah,
i have just seen your message in the portal regarding your baby's british passport.
I had applied for my daughters passport on Dec1st 2014 at vfs Hyderabad when I rang them yesterday they are saying its still under process.could you please tell me whether they have contacted your countersignatory or not ?
thanx in advance