Mother British, father ILR and Child born abroad

[Somudro]

This is for one of my friends.

Baby is due soon. Mother is a British and citizen of Bangladesh (DUAL nationality). Father is a Pakistani and holds ILR (UK).

Mother wants to go to Pakistan for urgent reason. In case baby is born in Pakistan then:

1) What would be the status of the baby?
2) Can the baby apply for UK passport from Pakistan directly?

Please details help would be useful.

[Jambo]

Was the mother born in the UK? Is she a naturalised British citizen?

[Somudro]

Was the mother born in the UK? Is she a naturalised British citizen?

Mother born in UK.

[Jambo]

In that case, the child would be British (by decent) from birth and could apply for a pasport from Pakistan.

[Somudro]

What is the difference if Mother Born in UK or Born outside UK. After all She is a British (by whatever means she came to be a british)?

[Jambo]

British citizenship has a concept of citizenship "by decent" and citizenship "other than by decent".

The difference is that a British citizen born abroad to a British parent is a citizen by decent and can't pass BC to his children if they are born abroad.

See more in Chapter 20: British citizenship "by descent" and "otherwise than by descent".

[Somudro]

Thanks Jumbo.

So, if a naturalised citizen (british, not by birth) of UK has any child born abroad (New born), what would be his (child) status? The child would be stateless?

[Jambo]

Naturalised citizen is considered "other than by decent" which means that his child born abroad would be British citizen "by decent".