A child born overseas to a British national will be deemed a British citizen by descent. However, the process of registration will have to be completed in order for the young person to be able to apply for a British passport. Parents can register the child for citizenship using the application form MN1.
Will my child be British if born abroad?
British citizenship can be passed on to one generation born abroad. So a child born abroad to a parent who is British otherwise than by descent will automatically be British by descent. Children born to parents who are British by descent have no automatic claim to British citizenship.
Can my child born outside UK get a British passport if I have ILR?
A child born outside of the UK to settled parents in the UK will be able to apply for British citizenship once they have been living in the UK with ILR for one year. If you, as the parent, have ILR, you will be able to apply for ILR for your child as long as: both parents are settled in the UK.
Can a child be born outside the UK?
Prior to 1983 children born outside of the UK to British mothers but foreign fathers did not have a claim to British citizenship. That right was only passed through British fathers.
Can a British mother be a British citizen?
Basically, this means your mother had to have been a British citizen “otherwise than by descent” (i.e. she was not herself born outside the UK and got citizenship at birth through her parent; if she was born in the UK or naturalized in the UK that would be fine).
How are children born abroad to British mothers treated?
It’s an absolute disgrace that the UK treats children born abroad before 1983 to British mothers differently to children born abroad to British fathers or to children born abroad after 1983 to any British parent. We should have the same (unconditional) right to claim British citizenship as they do.
Can a child born outside the UK become a CUKC?
The individual must show that they would have become a CUKC before the Act came into force if their mother were able to pass on their citizenship in the same way as British fathers could at the time.
