Baby born in the UK or Thailand?

[TeacherLuke]

Hi guys/girls

I've a complicated situation whereby me and my wife discovered we are having a baby in January 2020. I would like to know wether it impacts on us living in the UK if the child is born in the UK or Thailand?

Secondly, our long term future will be in the UK. I am currently a primary school teacher who meets the salary criteria and my wife has a first class degree in teaching English. If the baby is born in Thailand (where my wife has family etc around her) how long would it take to move to the UK and is it the family visa that would be needed? My wife has visited many times on a tourist visa but fear that the family visa may be a little more challenging.

Thank you for any help.

Luke and Bim

[zimba]

If you are a British citizen, then you child will be British at birth regardless of where the baby is born and can get British passport.
If you are not a British citizen (or you are not becoming one until 2020), then having a baby born outside the UK means that child have to follow the immigration path of the less privileged parent. In this case, being born in the UK is advantages as the child born here will have an entitlement to register as British citizen whenever one parent becomes settled or if is already settled in the UK.
Your wife will need a family visa to move to the UK regardless.

[vinny]

If you are British otherwise than by descent (eg born or naturalised in the UK), then your baby would automatically be British. If born in Thailand, then baby would be British by descent. If born in the UK, then baby would be British otherwise by descent. If the former, then baby cannot automatically pass on British citizenship to your grand children when they are born outside the UK. However, they may be entitled to register.

[TeacherLuke]

Thank you so much for your reply.

One option is move to Thailand for the short future and return to the UK in September 2020 for the start of the new academic year in England.

Currently I meet the financial criteria to bring my wife here but after a year in Thailand this would not be the case. Could I ask if there are alternative means in which to meet the amount? As a qualified teacher I wouldn't struggle once I have a job but my salary would be much smaller whilst away with mother and baby.

Many thanks

Luke

[ohara]

Have at least £62,500 in savings