EEA Child Passport Application - Required Documents

[BR_SW18]

Hi,

I am European and was issued with a permanent residence card last week (August 2017), with the date on which I was deemed to have acquired permanent residence being April 2016.

My child was born in the UK in September 2017. As this was after the PR date above I think they should be entitled to British citizenship and I am now completing their passport application.

I am unsure though as to what documents I need to send along with the application. Is my PR card sufficient or do I need to provide all evidence again (e.g. P45, P60 etc)?

Many Thanks for the help!

[alterhase58]

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

[Richard W]

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

I suggest that that's for parents without a relevant PRC or DCPR. (Alternatively, explain how to use the link, because I can't see how the OP could use it. Or does the Passport Office have a policy of ignoring DCPRs but not PRCs?) In the OP's case, I would suggest just submitting that document as evidence of settled status, as it was issued too close to the child's date of birth for the PR to have expired through absence.

[BR_SW18]

Thank you both for the replies!

I have taken a look at the link above but seemed quite vague/not applicable for people with a PR card.

Richard, your suggestion makes sense to me and hopefully to the Passport Office as well. If anyone with a similar experience can share what docs they provided that would be great!

[CR001]

british-citizenship/citizenship-faqs-co ... l#p1343777

[BR_SW18]

Thank you CR001, I think you provided the link so that I can have a look at the guidance notes and Table A especially. Am I mistaken when saying that the required docs for someone with a EEA PR are not mentioned at all?

[Richard W]

Thank you CR001, I think you provided the link so that I can have a look at the guidance notes and Table A especially. Am I mistaken when saying that the required docs for someone with a EEA PR are not mentioned at all?

It's just barely possible that your passport will suffice. After all, if someone receives ILR in 2013 or later, has a child, and then naturalises, that person will have no evidence that they were settled when the child was born. The only sane resolution seems to be to ask UKVI if the person was settled!

It's probably more credible that advice to submit BRPs evidencing ILR was removed, and that mention of DCPRs and PRCs was also removed on the assumption that they would also have to be surrendered upon naturalisation.

[JAJ]

I see no reason why the PR documentation already issued would not be sufficient.

In theory they could request evidence to show that the parent was still "ordinarily resident" in the United Kingdom (settled= ILR/PR + ordinary residence) but this would be unusual. It is not routinely requested where parents have ILR unless there is evidence they had abandoned their U.K. residence and were only visiting when the child was born.