Uk/US Duel Citizenship for our new born

[philiphotog 0]

Hi everyone!

Our story in a nutshell is that we're expecting our first child on May 24th and then a few weeks after the baby is born, heading back to the UK for a quick visit with my mother and father. You know, show off the baby and say hello. This will be my first time back since I left with my K1 visa in hand. Since then, I've received my Temp Green Card and I'm excited to go home for a couple of weeks. My wife is American and I'm British.

We would like to apply for duel citizenship for our newborn. We already know we have to apply for a US passport as soon as the baby is born.

Does anyone know what the procedures are for applying for a UK passport for the newborn baby? What is the process? Do we all have to be in the UK for a certain amount of time and be present when applying for the UK passport. I really have absolutely no idea how these things work.

Help.

Thanks,

Philip

[Michaela_Hassan 1]

Hi everyone!

Our story in a nutshell is that we're expecting our first child on May 24th and then a few weeks after the baby is born, heading back to the UK for a quick visit with my mother and father. You know, show off the baby and say hello. This will be my first time back since I left with my K1 visa in hand. Since then, I've received my Temp Green Card and I'm excited to go home for a couple of weeks. My wife is American and I'm British.

We would like to apply for duel citizenship for our newborn. We already know we have to apply for a US passport as soon as the baby is born.

Does anyone know what the procedures are for applying for a UK passport for the newborn baby? What is the process? Do we all have to be in the UK for a certain amount of time and be present when applying for the UK passport. I really have absolutely no idea how these things work.

Help.

Thanks,

Philip

I'm German (well I was then anyway) and upon the birth of my daughter we applied for her German passport at the German Consulate, we didn't have to go to Germany, all the paperwork could be done from here. I suppose it's probably similar for the UK. Call your embassy or consulate they will hook you up.

Michaela

[briccasart 0]

Read this first:

http://www.britainusa.com/sections/article...001&a=25317

And then contact this office who has jurisdiction over Oregon as to how to register your child as a UK citizen also.

http://www.britainusa.com/consular/article...009&a=36016

The UK might have a reciprocal agreement with the US. If/when a child is born abroad and one of the parents is a US citizen, there is a form called "Consular Report of Birth Abroad" that needs to be submitted to the US Embassy in the foreign country and once that's processed, the child is considered a US citizen as well. The UK might have something like this, too.

Congratulations on your baby.

[zyggy 9]

You need to do two things...

One thing is you have to register the birth at the US Embassy in Washington...

http://www.britainusa.com/sections/article...016&a=25315

The most important thing is to apply for a British Passport for the child at the US Embassy in Washington DC.

I would do both... The registration will make it easier for the baby to claim British Citizenship later in life and will reduce a lot of the paperwork needed to prove its British Citizenship in the future.

Edited February 19, 2007 by zyggy