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jrs1984 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 13, 2023 3:06 pmHi All,
I received my ILR through 10 year Set LR route in Jan'23. Mother is on PBS.
I have now a newborn in Feb'23 which I understand is default a British citizen and can apply for British passport after his birth registration with local council. I am applying online.
Question - Since my ILR is not through EU settlement scheme, the application asks to provide maternal and paternal grandparent marriage certs and parent's birth certificates Nothing to do with EUSS.. We cannot provide this unfortunately because of no access. However, as the newborn British eligibility is via Father - are grandparent's documents mandatory to be sent by post? Grandparents' details are not required - claim to citizenship is via your ILR.
Note the form caters for all citizenship pathways.
What physical documents need to be sent in this case? Is below enough - OK - not sure about passport, probably not required.
1. Child birth certificate from local council
2. Father's Indian passport
3. Father's BRP showing Settlement (ILR)
Important: your BRP is the only proof of your child's entitlement to citizenship. You should keep is safe, do not return it to UKVI for any reason, especially if applying for naturalisation. HMPO can and sometimes do request proof of citizenship, a passport alone is not conclusive proof.
Anything else such as - Mother's passport and/or Visa or our marriage certificates or anything else? No.
Thanks
No there is not. Note, you do not need to send your passport, just your ILR BRP card.Is there a way to submit a digital copy instead of sending physical documents to HMPO?
No, you send the documents with the reference number you get from the online application. HMPO know the rules and what they are doing!!Also, any cover letter needs to be included otherwise how would they know which application these documents relate to?
Put it the same way as you would complete other official forms in the UK. But as said, parents details will not be in the passport. Also caseworkers will be familiar with naming conventions from around the world so shouldn't be an issue. I would stick to the name format you use regularly.
ILR BRP is NOT required if a child is registered as British when applying for Child Passport.alterhase58 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 7:56 pmPersonally I would wait for the original to come back before submitting next - don't know how you would tell HMPO that the BRP is with another application. It's difficult enough at times to get everything through.