Passport for child born before father's ILR

[misticalwinds]

Hi,

I have had conflicting information from various sources so now I am really confused. Here is the background:

We had a baby in April 2013 who was born in UK. We did not apply for the baby's Pakistani passport as there were no imminent travel plans and also I was becoming due for my ILR in July 2013. In July 2013 I applied for myself and my wife's ILR but did not include our baby in the ILR application. I got my ILR approved in October 2013.

Now the question is whether I can apply for my child's British passport directly as she has not had any nationality/passport since she was born or do I have to register her first as a British Citizen using form MN-1 and then subsequently apply for British passport.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[vinny]

Registration first.