Hi, I went to Hyderabad VFS office today and tried to apply for UK passport for my new born baby... we have submitted below docs, to my surprise they asked me to produce 1. 3 documents as address proof in UK (even after we submitted 3 docs as address proof in India) - Both mother and father's uk ad...

Hello,

I have got the countersignature from my manager who is a British for my child application, which is going to be applied from India.

Will it be any issue since I got the countersignature from the UK? any advice please?

Hi rarun53, Thank you very much. Happy New Year! Hello rarun53, Thank you very much indeed for your nice reply. #1) I am a primary application (Father) to my child and I am applying this application with Parent's contact details form at VFS, Chennai and then back to UK for work. They may call me in ...

Hi All, The staff at VFS Chennai are very friendly and helpful. Even though they say that accompanying persons not allowed, My son and I went along with my wife (who submitted the application). They verified all the originals submitted (literally every single page) and returned the originals back. ...

Hi All, The staff at VFS Chennai are very friendly and helpful. Even though they say that accompanying persons not allowed, My son and I went along with my wife (who submitted the application). They verified all the originals submitted (literally every single page) and returned the originals back. ...

All, I am in a similar situation, applying for a British passport for my child born in India, could anyone please share the template for the covering letter. Thanks in advance It is an usual format and may be helpful for you. To, [Full address of British high commission, India] Subject : Requesting...

Hi rarun53,

Thanks for your info. I'll share my info here once it started.

Thanks Arun for sharing your info in this forum. All the very best. I am also going to apply for child passport at Chennai. Since I work in UK, if I put a cross(X) "Father/Parent2, in the UK" option in the parent contact details form, will they call for an interview in the UK only? I hope ...

Hello All, I need a confirmation from expert. My friend who works in post office in UK, has gone to India and did see my baby in India as well. Since he returns to UK next week, I plan to get counter signature from him. I am going to send my British passport scanning copy and naturalisation certific...

Hi All, Thanks for redirecting me. I could n't find the answer after searching in this forum. Please let me know someone if you aware of that. When apply British passport in abroad for my baby, 1. Should my baby appear when submit the British passport application? 2. Should my baby appear when they ...

Hi All,

When apply British passport in abroad for my baby,

1. Should my baby appear when submit the British passport application?
2. Should my baby appear when they call for the passport interview?

If father is working in UK and mother live in home country with child. We can submit the "parent's contact details form" (in the below link) in order to attend an interview in UK/home country, when applying child British passport from abroad. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pare...

Thanks vinny. Sorry, I forgot my earlier post.

Thanks vinny.

Can I send my documents copies only? or do I must go over there when apply my child British passport?

I am sorry if these questions asked many times. Could you please give me some information. I am a British citizen now and my child was born in abroad after getting my naturalisation. I am going to apply my child British passport and my wife Tier1(G) dependent in abroad. 1) Should I go directly (for ...

Thank you very much CR001

Hello, I am going to apply a British passport for my baby from abroad. Could you please confirm the following documents are enough to apply British passport? Please indicate me if I miss any documents and anything else. My documents proof: ------------------------- 1) British passport copy 2) Natura...

Thank you very much again vinny.

vinny wrote:See also Overseas British passport applications.

Thank you very much vinny.

Any idea or any way to get the counter signature who is a British citizen from abroad.

Hi All, First of all, I am sorry & apologize if this query has been asked many time in this forum. I am going apply a British passport from out of UK to my baby (baby was born after my naturalisation in abroad). 1.Should I get two qualified references when apply a British passport for my baby fr...

I never got this kind of experience. I think, after taking your request over the phone, they checked in their system and it may not be available on the date, so they sent you a letter with next available date. Try to catch up them today and confirm it. I had some experience like when I booked my cer...

My update Eligibility criteria: 5 Years Tier1(G) & 1 year ILR Language criteria met: LIUK & UK NARIC Nationality: Indian Method of application: NCS Date of application: 13/10/2015 Payment method: Debit Card Date of receipt by UKBA: Date of acknowledgement : 29/10/2015 Date money gone off ac...

You will be eligible to apply from 07/04/2016 as you mentioned.
You can apply ILR between that dates. Check rest of other requirements as well.
All the very best.

I had passport interview this morning. It may be many familiar questions, however I share my experience. It started with some casual conversation. 1. Where are you coming from? 2. How did come here? 3. What are railway stations on the way (not underground stations) 4. How long did it take to reach h...

Thank you very much CR001 for your quick info and useful link as well