What happens after issue of PR certificate?

[Alixi]

Hello all,

I have now applied for my PR certificate. The reason I have applied is because I am 3 months pregnant and would like to give my baby a British passport.

My question is: I have a contract with a company until December 2013 and my baby is due February 2014.

If I get the certificate now, will the fact that I will probably be unemployed from January '14 affect my baby's application for a British passport (application will be done Feb - March'14), as I will not be treating EU rights?

Or since I got the certificate now they won't check what my status has been between now and Feb '14? I am confused?

thank you!

[Obie]

Provided you have resided here and worked for 5 years or more, and has never left the UK for 6 months or more, your child will be able to qualify for British passport, as a matter of automatic entitlement, upon his/her birth.

[Alixi]

thanks Obie, do you mean I don't have to actually apply for the certificate?

If I don't apply for it now and apply directly for the british passport in February when I will be unemployed I won't be able to get it because I won't be working or studying and will probably be getting maternity allowance too. I don't think they will consider this time as treating EU rights, will they?

[Alixi]

Provided you have resided here and worked for 5 years or more, and has never left the UK for 6 months or more.

Oh and yes, I have worked and studied here (with CSI) for 5 years and have never left the UK for 6 months or more..

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

You are applying for a formal confirmation that you already have PR. Letr us know how that goes.

If you have PR, then the baby is automatically British if born here. And likely also has the citizenships of the mother and father (depending on which citizenships they have).

My opinion: When you register the baby, buy 2 extra copies of the long form birth certificate. Simple and cheaper to do, and useful later. They are about £5 each.

[Alixi]

My opinion: When you register the baby, buy 2 extra copies of the long form birth certificate. Simple and cheaper to do, and useful later. They are about £5 each.

Sorry, I'm confused, why should I buy these forms?

So the fact that I won't be treating EU rights for the last 5 years on the birth of the baby doesn't matter? All that matters is that at some point of my stay in the UK I treated EU rights for 5 continuous years?

I have the application ready to be sent but now I'm having second thoughts... especially since there's a fee!

So when I will apply for the British passport of the baby what documentation will I need to show to prove that I've been treating EU rights in the UK?

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

I think the extra birth certificates are useful, and they are cheaper if you buy them when the baby is born. But the status of the baby does not change. Just ignore the suggestion. It is not important.

You can feel free to apply for the PR confirmation now. Not much downside, except for the cost. And it will simplify the passport application after the baby is born.

[Alixi]

I see what you mean! I will buy some extras then!

So the gap of employment from January and later won't be a problem for when I apply for the passport, will it (given that I will get the certificate now)?

[Directive/2004/38/EC]

I am assuming you have PR already for the sake of this discussion.

Once you have PR, there is not anything specific you need to do to maintain it. You are not required to work, or have any savings. In fact you can only loose it if you commit quite serious crimes, or you leave the UK for more than 2 years.

[Alixi]

that's great, thank you very much!