Child born in UK or overseas?
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Child born in UK or overseas?
Hi, could anyone tell me what the advantages would be to my child being born in the UK as apposed to my home country with regards to citizenship etc?
Is there any difference, my husband being British born and raised and myself being form Thailand. Would the child's status be any different? I keep reading about British by descent etc but I'm a little confused with it all.
Thanks in adance for any advice.
Is there any difference, my husband being British born and raised and myself being form Thailand. Would the child's status be any different? I keep reading about British by descent etc but I'm a little confused with it all.
Thanks in adance for any advice.
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Re: Child born in UK or overseas?
Being born in the UK would give your child British citizenship otherwise than by descent meaning your grandchildren would be automatically British regardless of where they were born. Being born in Thailand would give your child British citizenship by descent meaning they would usually be unable to pass on their citizenship automatically if your grandchildren were born outside the UK. In addition Thailand is considered a very high risk country for passport fraud so you may be waiting up to a year for a passport to be issued if your child was born in Thailand.
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Re: Child born in UK or overseas?
Thank you BritInParis, that has been very helpful to me. Makes sense now.
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Re: Child born in UK or overseas?
Hi, could anyone tell me what the advantages would be to my child being born in the UK as apposed to my home country with regards to citizenship etc?
Is there any difference, my husband being British born and raised and myself being form Thailand. Would the child's status be any different? I keep reading about British by descent etc but I'm a little confused with it all.
Thanks in adance for any advice.
Is there any difference, my husband being British born and raised and myself being form Thailand. Would the child's status be any different? I keep reading about British by descent etc but I'm a little confused with it all.
Thanks in adance for any advice.
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Re: Child born in UK or overseas?
Thanks HKG3, that's very interesting.