I'm probably being silly here, but why does the child need to be registered as British? If the father had dual (presumably British and Moroccan) citizenship at the time of the child's birth, the child would be a British citizen by descent already.5am1224 wrote:he is now divorced from his 1st marriage and wants to register his baby as a British citizen
If the father was not a British citizen at the time of the child's birth, the MN1 application would be at the discretion of the Home Office. They tend to link the child's status to that of the dependant spouse. So, I would presume that the child's status would be the same as that of the mother, who would be applying as the spouse of a settled person.
Just to clarify, even if the child is already a British citizen and the mother is the sole carer for the child, she would only get a 2.5 years limited leave to remain visa, which can be renewed four times. That period of ten years, for all of which she would not be eligible for public funds, would make her eligible to apply for ILR. Following one year of ILR, she would get citizenship.
So, if the mother were to apply based solely on relationship to a British child (which looks difficult, as advised by Casa and Wanderer), she is looking at an 11 year pathway to British citizenship, of which 10 years she would not be eligible to public funds.