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Registration for child whose parents aren't citizens

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:46 am
by Imm2021
Hi.

Just a question; I was going through the MN1 guide for registering a child born outside the UK. And from what I could gather, it seems that normally one of the parents would have to be either a British citizen, or be of British descent. Towards the end of the guide however, it seems that there is a provision that if the parents are applying at the same time, the child can indeed be registered. I just wanted to see if you could help me to confirm that?

Thank you!

Re: Registration for child whose parents aren't citizens

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 10:08 am
by secret.simon
If both parents and the overseas-born child have either ILR or Settled Status, the child can be registered as British citizen at the same time as at least one parent is applying for naturalisation.

Re: Registration for child whose parents aren't citizens

Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2025 7:51 am
by Imm2021
Fantastic.

Thanks for the confirmation :wink:

Best.