Dual Citizen Infant

[shakysgirl 1]

Our baby is due in 12 weeks. I am a US citizen and my husband is a UK citizen. He is currently here on a K-3 visa and we are in the process of applying for his AOS. I know my child will automatically have US citizenship by birth as well as being a British subject by descent. We intend to register the child's birth with the British embassy when he/she is born. My question is can our child have two passports? I know he/she will need a US one to enter and exit the US. It is very important to my husband that the child have a British passport for entering/exiting the UK as well as Europe, but I certainly don't want to do anything that may affect the US citizenship since we will be living in the US for at least 10 years. I've done research on both the US and UK embassy websites and it seems like a grey area. Anyone have dual citizenship children holding two passports that can offer insight? I'm trying to get all the paperwork together so that when the baby is born we can get it all sorted out as soon as possible. Thanks.

[Boiler 45,478]

Our baby is due in 12 weeks. I am a US citizen and my husband is a UK citizen. He is currently here on a K-3 visa and we are in the process of applying for his AOS. I know my child will automatically have US citizenship by birth as well as being a British subject by descent. We intend to register the child's birth with the British embassy when he/she is born. My question is can our child have two passports? I know he/she will need a US one to enter and exit the US. It is very important to my husband that the child have a British passport for entering/exiting the UK as well as Europe, but I certainly don't want to do anything that may affect the US citizenship since we will be living in the US for at least 10 years. I've done research on both the US and UK embassy websites and it seems like a grey area. Anyone have dual citizenship children holding two passports that can offer insight? I'm trying to get all the paperwork together so that when the baby is born we can get it all sorted out as soon as possible. Thanks.

There have been many many posts here about dual citiizenship.

You just apply for the UK passport, and you seem to have that in hand.

[meauxna 15]

Please check the pinned post at the top of the forum for resources and info.

Rich Wales' Dual Citz FAQ is very thorough and understandable. It's linked in there, too.

[zyggy 9]

Our baby is due in 12 weeks. I am a US citizen and my husband is a UK citizen. He is currently here on a K-3 visa and we are in the process of applying for his AOS. I know my child will automatically have US citizenship by birth as well as being a British subject by descent. We intend to register the child's birth with the British embassy when he/she is born. My question is can our child have two passports? I know he/she will need a US one to enter and exit the US. It is very important to my husband that the child have a British passport for entering/exiting the UK as well as Europe, but I certainly don't want to do anything that may affect the US citizenship since we will be living in the US for at least 10 years. I've done research on both the US and UK embassy websites and it seems like a grey area. Anyone have dual citizenship children holding two passports that can offer insight? I'm trying to get all the paperwork together so that when the baby is born we can get it all sorted out as soon as possible. Thanks.

There have been many many posts here about dual citiizenship.

You just apply for the UK passport, and you seem to have that in hand.

I was a Canadian and US Citizen at birth and I carry two passports... So no.. no problems... The US has no say on how another soverign country recognizes its own citizens. They only recognize you as a US Citizen...

Edited June 8, 2006 by zyggy

[shakysgirl 1]

Thanks for the reply. I have looked into it extensively and have seen information regarding adults who have gained US citizenship retaining their passports from their original countries, but I had not seen anything in black and white regarding applying for two separate passports from two countries for a dual citizen infant.

[sparkofcreation 0]

Thanks for the reply. I have looked into it extensively and have seen information regarding adults who have gained US citizenship retaining their passports from their original countries, but I had not seen anything in black and white regarding applying for two separate passports from two countries for a dual citizen infant.

It's even less of a problem for children. I don't know of any country that will revoke a minor child's citizenship just because that child has two citizenships. Some countries (the ones that don't allow dual citizenship) will make the child choose one or the other shortly after turning 18, but until then, the child can have two passports.