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Skip to content You can become a British citizen if you are born outside of the UK to a British citizen parent. You can let your child live in the UK for the rest of their life as a British citizen. They can work, study, get benefits, apply for a British visa, and access the NHS. Our immigration solicitors can assist you in applying for British citizenship for child born abroad.
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One of the first things parents want to know when applying for their child’s first British passport is whether they need to be registered as a British citizen first or if they can apply for one immediately. It might seem like an easy question, but the answer isn’t always clear-cut. It’s important to know that your child’s citizenship status determines whether they can get a British passport.
In general, your child must be a citizen of the UK before they can get a UK visa. A lot of the time, kids are British citizens by birth and don’t need to be listed. Some children, though, will need to be registered as British citizens before they can apply for a passport because they are not all British citizens immediately.
Children born outside of the UK usually get British citizenship through their parents. However, this relies on where the child was born and what their parents were doing when they were born.
People who are British but live outside the UK can have children who are not British. Sometimes, the children will simply become British citizens through descent.
Even if a kid born to British parents outside of the UK doesn’t automatically become British, they might still be able to become a British citizen by applying for it. The application form MN1 makes it easy for parents to make their child a Royal British Citizen.
Anyone under the age of 18 who wants to get a British passport must first be registered as a British citizen. Also, they need to be signed up before they can come into the country. A child born outside of Britain can become a British citizen at any time before they turn 18.
