I would appreciate it if someone could clarify the rules for Registration for my recently non-UK born child. I am currently working here in the UK on a Tier-2 visa. My wife and my child just arrived here as my dependents.
I would be eligible to get ILR in about 2 years. My wife and child, however, under the new rules won't be eligible to get their ILR.
I have been looking into options for my child. Once I have applied for and gotten British Citizenship, would it be possible to directly "register" my child as a British Citizen?
Some reading on my part suggests it is possible: -
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/274302/chapter9.pdf
Only doubts I have that whether my wife having her own Tier 2 visa or a dependent visa would work for the above requirements? Also, is it a problem if my child doesn't have ILR?We should normally expect that:
at least one parent is a British citizen and
the other parent is either settled in the United Kingdom (see Annex
F to Chapter 6); or- 43 -
whilst not settled, is unlikely in the short or medium term to be
returnable to his or her country of origin (eg s/he has been granted
Discretionary Leave), and there is otherwise no reason to think
that the child’s future does not lie in the United Kingdom.