British Citizenship for overseas birth

[leon92]

Hi,

I am confused about British Citizenship for my child who are born overseas. Basically I am a British Citizen by naturalisation and I moved to overseas in 2010 and my child is born 2 years ago again in an overseas country.

My wife is not British Citizen.

When I check if my child is eligible for citizenship, I get conflicted information. I check GOV.UK which seems that she is eligible, application should be done through MN1 (but I cannot find a category that suits me, section 3(2) mentions about parents who are British by descent, I am not)

Someone says that forget about MN1 and just register the birth of my child directly on GOV.UK and apply for passport.

Any advise is appreciated.

[CR001]

Child is automatically British by descent if born abroad to a naturalised parent. You apply for a passport directly.

[leon92]

Many thanks for your response, I check below link and it seems to have a similar issue where a different course of action is recommended. Am I interpreting this wrongly? If so, I will apply directly to British passport.

british-citizenship/mn1-form-from-india ... l#p2066076

[secret.simon]

Many thanks for your response, I check below link and it seems to have a similar issue where a different course of action is recommended. Am I interpreting this wrongly? If so, I will apply directly to British passport.

british-citizenship/mn1-form-from-india ... l#p2066076

In the case you have linked to, the child was born before the date of the parent's naturalisation.

In your case, the child was born after. That makes a huge difference.

In the former case, the child follows the same UK immigration pathway as the second/less-privileged parent.

In the latter case, the child is automatically a British citizen by descent from birth and can apply directly for a British passport.

Can you confirm that the child was born after the date of your citizenship ceremony/naturalisation certificate?

[CR001]

Can you confirm that the child was born after the date of your citizenship ceremony/naturalisation certificate?

Child born substantially after OP became British.

I am confused about British Citizenship for my child who are born overseas. Basically I am a British Citizen by naturalisation and I moved to overseas in 2010 and my child is born 2 years ago again in an overseas country.

[leon92]

Thanks all clear now.