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by John » Wed Jul 13, 2005 4:24 pm
If the children had been born in the UK, and now the parents have got ILR, then it would be possible to apply to register the children as British now.
However as the children were born outside the UK then it is a question of waiting until the children can "piggy-back" on to the application for Naturalisation being made by the parents.
So when the parents apply for naturalisation .... November 2005 ? ... one of the parents should include the children on their naturalisation application form. Then when the parent is granted Naturalisation as British the children will be Registered as British.
Sorry, just realised the children are now aged say 14 and say 20. So certainly the younger child should be entered on to the parent's application form. But I think the older child will need to apply for Naturalisation in their own right ... when they have had ILR for at least a year .... and of course they cannot apply until they have been in the UK at least five years.
John