nikhil wrote:sakura wrote:nikhil wrote:Hi all
I am on HSMP now in the UK. I am married and my wife has been with me in the UK as well for more than an year now. She got her dependant visa after I got my HSMP visa sorted out.
I wanted to know if we have a child in the UK, is there any way of making that child a british citizen? According to the british law a child can be a british citizen if at least one of the parents is "settled" in the UK which "usually" means that the parent needs to have IFLR or Right to Abode.
However is there a way around this "settled" and "usually" clause? Say on the basis of jobs, or first cousins settled in the UK since about 30 years and so on and so forth?
Why would having a specific kind of job help your child obtain British nationality? Or your cousin? Where'd you come up with that???
No, there is no loophole you can use to have a child and get British nationality for them. Jobs or 'cousins' have no effect on nationality laws. If you don't have ILR, BC or an equivalent of them, or you are stateless, then your child cannot be registered as British simply by virtue of being born here.
Once you obtain ILR and the child is born here, then you can register the child as a British citizen immediately.
Duh..dude go easy or else stay out of my threads...
Unless you are a cliched frog in the well you should know that usually all countries come up with a list of professionals/jobs which currently are lacking in the country from time to time. Often in these cases having a particualr skill set helps speed up applications.
Behind the cousins etc... the rationale is simple...the official definition of the criterion for citizenship for a child is that the parent is "settled" which "usually" means ILTR or right to abode. In this definition it is not clerly stated that a parent "has to have" or it is "mandatory to have" either of the two and thus it leaves the statement open for interpretation for the meaning of "settled". The idea behind cousins (and letters of support from them) is to prove to the authorities that I have a solid base in the UK and for all practical purposes I am "settled" here. I have a close knit family (all pretty rich) who are ready to support me if needed, I have a well paying job and have been living in this country for some years now which might make a good case for "settled".
So unless you are ready to open up that peanut in your skull a bit and make it work a little, kindly do stay out of my threads...
Peanut in my skull?
Look here DUDE, I am explaining to you that the UK doesn't care if you have a PhD in astrophysicsiamagenius, it won't allow you to speed up any process. You're already here on an HSMP visa, right? That's the highest it goes (unless you include the Investor visa but are you that rich?).
As I stated - and everyone here will concur - having a settled cousin doesn't matter. They can write a million letters stating you're here and all - if you don't have ILR/BC or equivalent, nothing will help your child get BC immediately.
It's funny - you're being rude for no reason at all. My post wasn't threatening or rude, but simply wondering why you'd assume a particular job would help even AFTER you have read the rules regarding nationality. You did write
I wanted to know if we have a child in the UK, is there any way of making that child a british citizen? According to the british law a child can be a british citizen if at least one of the parents is "settled" in the UK which "usually" means that the parent needs to have IFLR or Right to Abode.
an indication to me that you do know something about the rules. Then you go on to state
However is there a way around this "settled" and "usually" clause? Say on the basis of jobs, or first cousins settled in the UK since about 30 years and so on and so forth?
an indication to me that you are trying to find something outside the rules that just doesn't exist.
So, grow up, don't be mad that the UK doesn't have something to help you. I can't see why you're complaining - you're here on HSMP, about 2 years or so, get your extension and, if your child is indeed born here, after you obtain ILR then register the child.
That is all I wrote - why call me a frog?
And...fyi this is an open board - I wrote a reply you can't accept - but that doesn't mean you should hurl insults.
