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by CR001 » Fri May 30, 2014 10:07 pm
As I mentioned in your other post that Casa has highlighted, you need to register the baby on form MN1 under Section 1(3) of the BNA, which is an entitlement to register as a British Citizen.
Only a British Citizen can apply for a British passport. Your baby is not British as the baby was born BEFORE you received ILR. So the answer is no, you cannot apply directly for a British passport, you will have to register baby as British first.
You could only apply for a passport if the baby was born AFTER you received ILR (settled).
For info - Naturalisation is for adults. Registration is for children. Also, having a UK birth certificate does not make a child British if the parents were not settled (ILR) or British at the time of the childs birth.
You are in the unfortunate position that the birth happened 5 days before your received your ILR, but the rules are the rules and there is no easy way, except the steps I have already explained.
Char (CR001 not Casa)
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