Richard W wrote:I must confess that the principle of a right of abode sticker makes no sense to me. My understanding is that anyone born since 1983 who holds right of abode in the UK is a British citizen, so such a sticker screams 'I am a British citizen'.
A lot depends on what is meant by 'Uzbekistan does not recognize dual citizenship'. Britain, except where national security was concerned, used to be oblivious to other countries' citizenships, but nowadays certain rights depend on not having another country's citizenship.
This seems to me a particularly risky case, for the child has acquired British citizenship after birth as a voluntary act of a parent. Such an act automatically forfeits some countries' citizenships.
My view is that for Uzbek border control a passport is the proof of a citizenship (and I might be wrong). If we apply for and get a British passport, then we would have to denounce the child's Uzbek citizenship, meaning we would need to get Uzbek visa to enter Uzbekistan. We are currently in a third country (not UK or Uzbekistan) but should visit Uzbekistan in a couple of months. I requested my family to ask around in Uzbekistan, they duly spoke to a
Pasportistka (a lady who deals with passport applications, registration at/de-registration from residential addresses, there is such a procedure in Uzbekistan and all other post-Soviet countries) and they were told that a case where parent remains an Uzbek citizen while the child becomes a foreign citizen, is something she never came across in her practice.
By 'does not recognize' I meant that one would have to denounce their Uzbek citizenship.