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I'm not sure how long the passport application would take from Thailand but I recently applied for my daughter's passport here in Beijing and i got told that it would take upto 6 weeks.I submitted the Chinese birth certificate along with English translation and all the other required documents.I'm sure the only time you need to prove relationship through DNA testing is if the passport office has any doubts regarding your relationship.I'd say apply for the passport as soon as possible and then if the passpport office need any documents they will contact you.SS queries wrote:Thanks for your help, so as I understand it isn't necessary to register the birth with the UK authorities and with the added time in this step won't speed up the overall process. Does anyone know as I have been British from birth with British parents/grandparents etc. should this whole process be quick? It appears some people have experienced waits of 6 months for their child's first passport abroad.
I'm currently in Thailand, but as I understand it we can do it from the UK embassy in Bangkok or the UK, but ultimately all applications now get processed in the UK so I was planning to do it from back home. A 6 month wait would ruin my chances of using the SS route and then returning to finish my degree next academic year, so are there ways beyond providing the required documents that will speed the process up? Would photos of us together help? Sounds ridiculous, but would a DNA test speed it up? Really couldn't afford to hang around for 6 months for a passport if I am to attempt this SS route...
I have daughter's and wife's certified translated birth certificates, my passport, should be able to get passport photos done here in next couple of days in which she doesn't need to be looking directly at camera as she's under one year. Countersignatary apparently has to have only known me for 2 years as she is a minor and has to be professional and live in the UK. I have someone in mind for this so is there anything else I've missed?
I don't get it. If you include proof that she is your daughter, that means that your daughter is a British citizen and that rules her out for a UK visa. A British citizen can not be issued a visa to enter the UK (nor to the best of my knowledge, can she be issued a visa for the rest of the EU to which she has freedom of movement as a British citizen).SS queries wrote:I'd simply have to make two non-EU family member applications providing proof she's my daughter!
Who told you this?SS queries wrote:Wow just went to pick up the certified translated copies in Hua Hin and was told that for a UK passport for my daughter I have to have a court order saying I'm responsible for the child as we aren't/weren't married when our daughter was born! This is news to me. Can anyone confirm this?
I mean that as my wife would get a EU family partner visa so could my daughter as although she is English, she is also Thai and also a family member. But I do see your point regarding that. It's all a bit too complex for mesecret.simon wrote:I don't get it. If you include proof that she is your daughter, that means that your daughter is a British citizen and that rules her out for a UK visa. A British citizen can not be issued a visa to enter the UK (nor to the best of my knowledge, can she be issued a visa for the rest of the EU to which she has freedom of movement as a British citizen).SS queries wrote:I'd simply have to make two non-EU family member applications providing proof she's my daughter!
My gut feeling is that such an application (for your daughter) would fail. I will, however, leave it for moderators more learned than me to advise and comment further.
As regards getting a passport for your daughter, most people posting on these forums suggest a wait of between 6 months and a year for getting the same. Look for threads on Indian or Pakistani citizens who naturalised, but gave birth to their children in their home country.
P&A international law in Hua Hin told me this. You might be right...vinny wrote:Who told you this?SS queries wrote:Wow just went to pick up the certified translated copies in Hua Hin and was told that for a UK passport for my daughter I have to have a court order saying I'm responsible for the child as we aren't/weren't married when our daughter was born! This is news to me. Can anyone confirm this?
Perhaps your child's mother should make your child's British passport application, with your child claiming British citizenship through you and you also giving consent.