british passport for a EEA child born in the uk

[morgenstern]

Hi everyone, I am about to apply for a UK passport for our daughter via the Post Office.

Our daughter was born in 2012 and my wife and I are both Czech Republic nationals, living and working in UK since 2004. We are both holders of the WRS registration and have been working continuously ever since our arrival in the UK. We can prove our work history in UK by the P45/60s and various other documents, however we never applied for the Permanent Residence card as we assumed it being unnecessary.

My question is this. I am aware of the fact that if a person applies for the UK citizenship the normal way, i.e registration & naturalisation proceedings, etc, they can be automatically refused / disqualified if they were in receipt of certain benefits such as the Job Seeker Allowance and/or the Housing Benefit for five years prior to the application date. Now, we did not claim or receive those above, however we did apply and receive the Working Tax Credits for several consecutive years, including some of those five years before today's date. Can that potentially disqualify our daughter from being able to receive a UK passport?

Also my daughter is already a Czech national / passport holder since shortly after she was born. Could that be an obstacle?

And lastly, In the Section 8 of the passport application form they seem to ask for details of grandparents if we (parents) aren't UK nationals or were born after 31/12/1982 (which I was). Is that an absolute necessity, assuming that our parents are Czech nationals that only ever visited UK on few occasions?

Thanks!

[LilyLalilu]

Can that potentially disqualify our daughter from being able to receive a UK passport?

No because you are entitled to benefits as a worker. It would only be a problem had you been self-sufficient for example.

Also my daughter is already a Czech national / passport holder since shortly after she was born. Could that be an obstacle?

No, the UK has no issue with multiple nationalities. However, you are required to send in her Czech PP with the UK PP application.

And lastly, In the Section 8 of the passport application form they seem to ask for details of grandparents if we (parents) aren't UK nationals or were born after 31/12/1982 (which I was). Is that an absolute necessity, assuming that our parents are Czech nationals that only ever visited UK on few occasions?


Details of your parents are not relevant. The PP application form isn't really designed for treaty rights passport applications. Just explain how your daughter is entitled to BC in a cover letter/the additional info section and send the appropriate evidence (i.e. your PP, P60s showing your lived here and exercised treaty rights here for 5 continuous years before her birth in the UK, WRS certificate, daughter's long birth certificate).

[morgenstern]

Brilliant, that's all I needed to know! Thanks LilyLalilu, kudos!

[noajthan]

Start here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... plications

[morgenstern]

Start here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... plications

Right, that's a very long list (Table B) of evidence documents. I wonder, are all of those required of me?

Please note my humble comments in bold

Worker:

• A passport / document showing a UK Residence Card or Registration Certificate (IS THIS WRS CERTIFICATE?) issued five years before the child’s birth and a letter confirming that the parent(s) were not receiving benefits during that period WHERE WOULD I GET THAT FROM?;

• A statement from HM Revenues & Customs showing yearly totals of credited National Insurance between the relevant dates (IS THIS SOMETHING I CAN ROUTINELY REQUEST FROM HMRC?);

• A statement from HM Revenues & Customs confirming tax returns between the relevant dates(AS ABOVE);

• A letter from an employer and documents showing evidence of employment between the relevant dates e.g. P60's / payslips (YEAH, GOT THOSE)

[noajthan]

Start here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... plications

Right, that's a very long list (Table B) of evidence documents. I wonder, are all of those required of me?

Please note my humble comments in bold

Worker:

• A passport / document showing a UK Residence Card or Registration Certificate (IS THIS WRS CERTIFICATE?) issued five years before the child’s birth and a letter confirming that the parent(s) were not receiving benefits during that period WHERE WOULD I GET THAT FROM?;

• A statement from HM Revenues & Customs showing yearly totals of credited National Insurance between the relevant dates (IS THIS SOMETHING I CAN ROUTINELY REQUEST FROM HMRC?);

• A statement from HM Revenues & Customs confirming tax returns between the relevant dates(AS ABOVE);

• A letter from an employer and documents showing evidence of employment between the relevant dates e.g. P60's / payslips (YEAH, GOT THOSE)

Yes, becoming British is no small matter.

Benefits letter from DWP - arranged via JobCentre.
There's an email to contact to ask for this - details in forum if you search (or I'll see if I can pull it up).

NI statement from HMRC.

[morgenstern]

Benefits letter from DWP - arranged via JobCentre.
There's an email to contact to ask for this - details in forum if you search (or I'll see if I can pull it up).

Got it:

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... -about-you