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Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled status

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 3:32 am
by Bunnu
I have granted ILR(april 2015) about 2 years after my baby was born in UK. Her mother is on spouse visa.
i visited National Citizenship registration web page of my local council (lewisham, london) to book an appointment to apply for registration of my child's british citizenship. Before booking the website goes through some series of questions like "was baby born in uk (yes/no)" etc. I reached a point when it ask me "was the parents had ILR at the time of child's birth" i clicked "no".. Then it says "has both parents obtained settled status" ... I clicked "no" as only i (father) got settled status.. As i answer "no" to this question, a message appears that unfortunately i can not apply for childs british registeration as both parents have not obtained settled status...
I decided to ring the citizenship helpline and they also said the same thing that if both parents live together then both parents should have settled settled status for the child to register as British Citizen..
However section 3(a) says otherwise..
Can anybody please help what should i need to do next .. Many thanks

Re: Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled stat

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 4:21 am
by vinny
They are mistaken.

Re: Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled stat

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 10:28 am
by jasonyu1983
The council was definitely wrong. :evil:

Re: Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled stat

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:34 am
by Bunnu
Thanks Guys, i have just called the council and booked the appointment. The lady over the phone said that its entirely my responsibility if application gets declined and i wont get a refund. I agreed and booked it for tomorrow. Fingers crossed now :)

Re: Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled stat

Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2015 11:53 am
by vinny
As it's an entitlement, there is no discretion to refuse.

Re: Child Citizenship Registeration - Father on settled stat

Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2015 9:10 am
by dunca
Bunnu wrote:Thanks Guys, i have just called the council and booked the appointment. The lady over the phone said that its entirely my responsibility if application gets declined and i wont get a refund. I agreed and booked it for tomorrow. Fingers crossed now :)
Hello bunnu, what was the outcome please.