Hello.
We are on a South African passport on our 2nd 5 year visa. We qualify for ILR from 2 Feb 09. (Thats just around the corner) Now what we've done, is had a baby in July 08 and not yet applied for his SA passport (which we have to do until we are British Citizens) If we apply for it now before we apply for our ILR, we will wait for up to 4 months for it to be returned. Maybe longer. We feel we would be putting our ILR back by 5 or so months in total. What I really need to know please, is do we really need to apply for his SA passport and then the visa as a matter of urgency? We would prefer to wait until we have our opportunity to apply for British passports and then apply for his (and our other son) at the same time.
If we get our ILR now, we qualify for SO MUCH benefits and the financial rewards are much greater than that of delaying the ILR by nearly 5 months.
We are just not sure whether we NEED to by law, have our newborn on a SA passport and UK visa if we dont intend on doing any travelling.
Please could someone advise me soonest. As I want to get started with the paperwork for whichever way I need to go as Feb 2nd is just around the corner now and I'm getting very excited at the prospect of going back to work and being able to claim the financial benefits towards nursery / child care costs and all the other benefits I would be entitled to. (We are in a financial pickle at the moment and unable to pay our creditors (credit cards and storecards) until we have increased our household income)
Thanks so much and I look forward to some helpful advice.
Regards
Barbs
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