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Will a child of a a long-term UK resident EU national, born in the UK, be British?
We now have the concept of "normally resident" in the UK; a term whose full implications are not intuitive, but it means your permanent "home" is the UK and anywhere else you resided, you always ...
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What visa does a US-born baby need?
You were born in the UK. I assume you you are a British citizen, because you make no mention of your own visa. Because you were born in the UK, you are a British citizen "otherwise than by descent," ...
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How to make a British-citizen father take responsibility for child in Africa
In the absence of expanded details asked by @ouflak whether you were married to this individual and whether his name is on the child's birth certificate, you may have the option of requesting a child ...
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Studying in the Netherlands for one year; Must my children go to school?
This seems to be rather difficult and only possible in certain cases. For more information on home schooling in the Netherlands, you should have a look at this article by the Netherlands Home ...
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How to make a British-citizen father take responsibility for child in Africa
If you and the child's other parent cannot agree on maintenance, or if the other parent is recalcitrant, you can submit an application to the UK Child Maintenance Service. This is a publicly funded ...
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Would my infant daughter born in UK need a TB screening test to return to UK?
Although your little one was born in the UK, she may not be considered a returning resident, was about 2 months old when she left and has been in Pakistan for the last 8 months. Pakistan is among ...
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Does a child born outside the EU qualify for an EU passport if the mother is from an EU country?
A child born to a Polish citizen outside of Poland is automatically a Polish citizen.
Polish citizenship qualifies the child for a Polish passport. There is no specific EU passport. Each member ...
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Can my child live with me in the UK?
All you need to do is get your child her British passport. Then you should be able to travel with her back to the United Kingdom, no problem. I've heard people say that you might need a letter from ...
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Indian father, Bangladeshi mother, baby to be born in Ireland
We need to consider each citizenship separately.
Whether the child has Irish citizenship: No. For a child born on the island of Ireland after 2005 to have Irish citizenship at birth (assuming that ...
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Child born to British, Polish & Singaporean parents in the UK
Your best strategy is to apply for British and Polish passports, and not register Singapore citizenship.
For clarity, since it's not entirely clear from your question, the passports are irrelevant ...
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British Nationality for Thai adopted child
The general guidance for children born overseas, including adopted children, is here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-how-adopted-children-can-become-british/intercountry-...
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Can I obtain citizenship through my great-grandfather?
As your father was born outside the UK, once he gets his citizenship he will be a UK citizen by descent. UK citizens by descent generally cannot pass on citizenship to their children who are born ...
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Exemption for children in the USA: should I get an ITIN or a SSN for them?
In general, except for rare cases, you can only get an SSN when you are authorized to work.
People on J-2 (including both spouses and children of the J-1) have the option to apply for EADs (note that ...
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UK passport and immigration
The form that seems relevant to your case is here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-register-child-under-18-as-british-citizen-form-mn1
Unfortunately it is not so clear if ...
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Putting my 14-year-old son in school when moving to to Amesterdam from Sweden
First of I'm British and have moved back and forth to the Netherlands quite a few times now. Amsterdam is a mixed community and most areas are very friendly.
Your child will probably just be starting ...
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British citizenship of adopted son. I'm British by birth and live in America
It looks like it is possible that your son can gain British citizenship, but you will have to apply. From Intercountry adoption and British citizenship:
an application will normally be approved if ...
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Main Applicant’s children are aged out or not?
Yes, they are eligible for the visa.
Congress recognized that many children were aging out due to large
USCIS processing backlogs, so it enacted the Child Status Protection
Act (CSPA) to ...
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is it possible to go with the babies (Italian passport holders) but leave them in Brazil for a month or two?
Difficult question, with no simple answer.
It is also a question that belongs in
expatriates.stackexchange.com
Assumptions: All participants
parents, children, mother and sister
are Italian ...
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Chicken-and-egg problem for enrolling kids in school in Spain
The chicken comes first, since you are taking your children with you.
Apply for their visas, togeather with yours, for this purpose.
Once an D-Visa has been issued, the school enrollment process can ...
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Gender in USA Childcare vs UK
I am going to throw out some commentary, but I wouldn't consider this a complete answer.
You would be covered under sex (gender) discrimination laws which include race, national origin, religion, ...
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UK passport and immigration
In response to the question, you have become a British national after the birth of your child, so it cannot be simply passed on. British nationality is not retrospective; therefore only the child may ...
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ILR application for child?
My wife has an UK ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) and while a naturalized US Citizen, has been returning to the UK every two years (in fact every year or more frequently). So as far as we know, her ...
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ILR application for child?
According to Apply to Settle in the UK:
You can apply as a child under 18
You may be eligible for settlement (‘indefinite leave to remain’) if you’re under 18 and you live in the UK with 1 of the ...
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Drop Bulgarian Nationality?
It is very unlikely that you will be able to renounce the child's Bulgarian citizenship for them. Almost no country in the world allows such a thing, and those that do allow minors to renounce have ...
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Opinions about Dutch school for kids near Delft
he went to the Rotterdam International Secondary School (RISS) in the end. We arrived in October. He had to wait until after winter break for a spot. We tried Grotius College but they didn't feel ...
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Passport for UK child born abroad
Thanks for all the comments here.
The answer is that you have to apply from where the child physically is.
The list of documents you have to send, according to the HMPO website and email service is ...
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Can I obtain citizenship through my great-grandfather?
No. There are considerable limits to just how far back the acquistion of UK citizenship by ancestry will reach.
Edit: Your father qualifies to acquire UK citizenship through several possible ...
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moving to Germany to stay closer to my children
I tried to apply for a family reunion visa only to make an officer extremely puzzled over my situation. She needed to consult (at length!) with her colleagues and her supervisor to get back to me and ...
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How does a newborn baby get a UK visa?
Is it a straightforward process for my newborn baby to get dependant
visa? Does this happen through the usual dependant application in my
home country by applying at the UK Embassy?
it is a ...
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Visa requirements for children born abroad
If you are a British citizen "otherwise than by descent", then any child of yours born abroad is automatically and involuntarily a British citizen at birth. As a British citizen, your son should apply ...
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