Hi, I am planning to apply for Naturalization in May 2015 for myself , my wife and my son- age 5.5 years(registration under MN1). All three of us have ILR granted on April 2014 and have 5 years stay counting backwards from May 2015 and absences under 450 days. Under Section 3(1) can I apply my sons...

Just yesterday, my friend also received his daughter's registration certificate via post. My friend who naturalized as a British citizen 3 years ago, his wife has ILR since November 2013. Their daughter (6 years old) who was born in Ghana and was on dependent visa which expired in June 2013. Before ...

If meeting the conditions set out in 9.17.26 was sufficient to supersede 9.17.24 and 9.17.25 on its own, then 9.17.27 would be redundant. I'm not saying that the application would definitely fail, if the child does not have ILR. I'm just saying that there are two more hurdles, 9.17.26 and 9.17.27, ...

vinny wrote:You are ignoring/forgetting the uncertainty in 9.17.27.

There is uncertainty if the child do not meet the requirement set out in 9.17.26 and has restrictions on his/her status.

Conditions of stay 9.17.24 We should normally expect a minor to be free of conditions of stay because the future of a child whose stay is restricted does not clearly lie here (see 9.17.2). Registering a minor who is on conditions has the effect of cancelling their conditions because, on becoming a ...

Vinny wrote: "I think that it's safer if the overseas-born child has ILR. There are no guarantees that they will otherwise use discretion in child's favor." King's Response: "If a child acquires ILR but that child was born abroad to non-British parent at the time of birth, that child ...

Hi Raj, I had an argument with the officer at the council and some people from the Home Office when I was doing nationality checking service for my kids application. Their argument was that my kids needs ILR before I can register them. I disagreed with them and after stating my case and referred the...

Hi Raj, The Chapter 9.17.26 refers to the following, as a requirement parents have to meet in order to register their child: Citizenship and immigration status of the parents 9.17.9 We should normally expect that: a) at least one parent is a British citizen or b) one of the parents has applied to be...

Hello Raj, Do not be deceived and ask Vinny to quote from Section 3(1) Chapter 9 of the British Nationality Act 1981 to support or back his/her point. The following are Chapter 9.17.24 to Chapter 9.17.26 specifies condition of stay of the child and the parents. I have also included the other parts o...

My first son was born in Ghana 1 year before I even traveled to the UK. My other son was born in Ghana but at the time of his birth, I was settled here (ILR). My wife and the kids moved to the UK in 2011 on a 4 years dependant visa. My wife got her ILR in October 2013 and then I put my naturalisatio...

Hi Raj, My information does not contradict with Vinny's in anyway. If your kids were born outside the UK and at the time of their birth none of the parents were British or British descents, then your kids cannot be British by descent or register them under Section 3(2) or Section 3(5). You will have...

Chapter 9 of the Nationality Instructions states: ‘The most important criterion is that the child's future should clearly be seen to lie in the UK. A reliable indicator should be the applicant's and/or the family's past behaviour. If that suggests an established way of life in the UK, and we have no...

My children and their mum came to the UK in January 2011 on dependent visas and I registered them without having to apply ILR for the kids since their mum had ILR and me being a British citizen. The kids were on dependent visas when I did the registration. I had a problem with the officer when I was...

Your children can be registered as British citizens under Section 3(1) Chapter 9.17.24, Chapter 9.17.25 and Chapter 9.17.26 of Volume one of the British Nationality Act 1981. They do not need ILR provided: 1. One parent is a British and the other parent has ILR 2. The children have lived here legall...