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Family application

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:49 am
by dazzle
Hello all,
I would really appreciate some guidance please.

My wife has ILR. Last year we brought her daughter to the UK, who now has Indefinite Leave to Enter and a BRP. She has been here since September 2018. She is now 17 years old. The biological father hasn't been seen since her birth.

In November my wife will be applying for British citizenship. I was reading the guidance MN1 and it says that a child can be included as part of a "family application" for British citizenship.

But then on the application pages it says "You must apply separately for your children - you cannot include them in your own application."

So how is a "family application" made as per the MN1 guidance?

Thank you in advance :)

Re: Family application

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 2:24 pm
by zimba
Note that child registration for over 13 requires at least 2 years residence in the UK. She will complete this by Sep 2020
By that time if she is 18, she must apply under AN on her own to naturalise as an adult

Re: Family application

Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:28 pm
by dazzle
Thanks v much for the reply.
In September she will be 17 years and 11 months.
Hopefully her mother will already have BC by then.
Will we still be able to apply to register her, as a sole application?