British passport for child born outside country.Father got ILR

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Hello
I got ILR and what about the child born outside country after my ILR?can we apply british passport for child and what is the process?Thanks

[CR001]

Children born abroad are expected to hold ILR before they can apply for British citizenship, which is the process before they can apply for a passport.

Children born abroad can also only apply for citizenship when one aren't is also apply or is British already and the other holds ILR.

Children born abroad have no entitlement to register as britishm

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Thanks cr001.so u mean only thing i can do is take the child there as dependent and get ilr first.then apply for citizenship after certain time then apply for british passport?
I can't apply for british passport directly from home country?

[CR001]

I can't apply for british passport directly from home country?

No, the child is not British if born abroad and if you only hold ILR.

The child would only be British if born in the UK after you got ILR.

A child born abroad would only be automatically British (by Descent) if you were British otherwise than by Descent when the child was born.

[secret.simon]

If the child was born in the UK after you got ILR, s/he would have been a British citizen automatically and could have applied for a British passport directly.

Children born abroad to non-British citizen parents (including those on ILR) follow the same immigration pathway as the less-privileged parent and can be registered as a British citizen when one parent is applying for or has acquired British citizenship AND the child and other parent have ILR.

By having the child born outside the UK, you have added at least £3500 to the cost of the child acquiring British citizenship (child's ILR at about £2500 and registration at about £1000). That does not include the cost of any further intermediate dependent visas that may be required for both the child and the mother.

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Thanks CR001 and secret.simon...got your point.so child will only get citizenship outside country if i got citizenship before child s birth.am i right?

[secret.simon]

so child will only get citizenship outside country if i got citizenship before child s birth.

Correct. If the child is born abroad, the date of birth of the child must be on or after the date of the naturalisation certificate of the naturalised British parent for the child to acquire British citizenship by descent automatically.

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Thanks secret.simon