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by AML2015 » Tue May 26, 2015 10:36 am
Hello Members,
Hope you all re doing well.
Apologies if this question has already been asked previously and answered, but would appreciate if some of the seniors can guide me in the right direction since I think my situation is a bit different compared to all the posts I have read related to registering a UK born child as a British Citizen.
My situation is as below,
Child Born in the UK - Sept 2014
Expected date for Parents ILR - Feb 2016
We have not yet registered or applied for my son's passport (Indian), and the only identity document he currently has is his UK Birth Certificate. We do not intend to leave the UK until we have received our ILR and registered him lawfully and applied for his passport. (To save the cost for the Tier 1 dependent, ILR, and Naturalisation process for my son).
I do believe that my son is entitled to be registered as a BC once the parents (my wife entered the UK in Feb 2012 as a T1 Dependent, so we can apply together for settlement) have received their ILR, but I am not sure we are OK to apply with him having only a Birth Certificate as an identity document.
Is it acceptable for a UK born child to be registered as a BC only on the basis of a birth certificate and parents passport and ILR status under section 3(1) ? Considering he will be living in the UK for almost 18 months since his birth prior to his BC application without a passport or a valid national identity document.
To simplify the question,
1. Do I need to register my child as an Indian and apply for his Indian passport ? (I do understand that I do not need to apply for his T1 dependent or ILR, and can directly register him as a BC once we receive our ILR). Is it mandatory to have a passport for a child if he is born in the UK to parents on a work permit ?
2. Is he eligible to register as a BC using form MN1, using only the birth certificate and the parents ILR status. I hope they dont decline the application stating that he needs have a passport (even though he does not have any visa's on it).
3. Can I use the NCS process for his BC registration application ?
I would appreciate if the members can review my query above and guide me in the right direction.
Thanks