Cheers basis.
The issue i am talking about here is this:
If we get the British passport for the child, what is the status of the child (visa / immigration status in India) for the time period between getting the british passport and finally getting the visa stamped in the british pasport (or getting the PIO card).
The child, i thought, technically speaking, did not have any valid immigration status in India after getting the british passport and until it got the a valid Indian visa/PIO card.
Do you see that the child does not have any valid immigration status in India when it just holds its British passport and then we apply for a valid Indian visa/PIO card??????????
That is the problem i am talking about.
My entire point of this thread was if getting the British passport for the child leads to that grey area of invalid Indian immigration status for the child (i.e. until getting a valid Indian visa / PIO card, which does not happen on the same day of geting a British passport!), then i would have to go for th eoption of getting the Indian passport and then applying for a Right of abode UK visa sticker, so i can register the child as a British citizen once me, my wife (who is married to me!) and my child are all in the UK.
I have not raised the point about my child's right of passing the British citizenship to its children - I know that point has been discussed several times before and moreover that is about 24-25 years to go from now! Laws are bounds to change - so i cannot be planning for those things 25 years ahead of time.
You see this ILR law has changed now (increasing the ILR eligibility to 5 years from 4 years) that affects even existing visa holders who are in the verge of almost completing the eligible 4 years rule, but now they have to suffer this one more year rule for ILR. This change has affected not only new comers to UK from 3rh April, but also people who will complete 4 years - one day after 3rd April. That's not the issue on this thread, but wanted to site an example of how law can change and affect our lives even if we plan ahead of time.
So i am not going to plan for something that will affect my child 25 years from now. Things can change completely by then. And quite possibly after 20-25 years form now, my grand children may even be eligible to British citizenship being passed on from from my child - who knows! Think about this one classic example of this ILR rule change that now affects everyone retrospectively! - not only the new-comers after 3d April!
The issue i have raised here is totally a new point that has never been discussed in the Forum before (AFAIK).