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B&BBO
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British Passport to Child born in USA

Post by B&BBO » Sat Oct 03, 2015 4:36 pm

I am a British Citizen(Naturalized) and my baby born in USA and I want to apply British passport to my baby.
1.Do I need to register my baby first and than apply for passport?
Or
Can apply passport without registering baby?
2.For passport what documentation do i need to submit?
3.Will any of the British Consulates in USA will do the passport applications?? or the application and the required supporting documents need to be sent to UK?

any help or advice on this will be very much appreciated...

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Re: British Passport to Child born in USA

Post by LilyLalilu » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:27 pm

If you naturalised before the child's birth, your child is British (by descent) and you can directly apply for a passport for them.

https://www.gov.uk/overseas-passports
All information given is just my opinion as a member of this forum and does not constitute immigration advice.

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Re: British Passport to Child born in USA

Post by Casa » Sat Oct 03, 2015 5:55 pm

B&BBO wrote:I am a British Citizen(Naturalized) and my baby born in USA and I want to apply British passport to my baby.
1.Do I need to register my baby first and than apply for passport?
Or
Can apply passport without registering baby?
2.For passport what documentation do i need to submit?
3.Will any of the British Consulates in USA will do the passport applications?? or the application and the required supporting documents need to be sent to UK?

any help or advice on this will be very much appreciated...
Passport applications are now processed in the UK and can take 6 months or more. This link may help https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... _09.15.PDF

If need to travel back to the UK with you baby a Certificate of Entitlement application may be quicker.
(Casa, not CR001)
Please don't send me PMs asking for immigration advice on posts that are on the open forum. If I haven't responded there, it's because I don't have the answer. I'm a moderator, not a legal professional.

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