hkuk2017

Hi
I'm planning to give birth here in Hong Kong before we apply for my fiance visa. My fiance is a UK born citizen. I would like to ask if our child can get a british passport even though we're not married yet?

HKG3

Your child will be a British Citizen. As a British Citizen, your child can apply for a British passport. Have you consider registering your child's birth with the British authorities as well?

https://www.gov.uk/register-a-birth

HKG3

One more thing I have to point out regarding the fiance visa application. Do you have British National (Overseas) status? If you do, I would suggest you to get your UK fiance visa using your BN(O) passport. Using the BN(O) passport have the following advantages -

1) You will be treated as a Commonwealth citizen in the UK and you will be entitled to register to vote in all UK elections. Being on the electoral roll helps you to build up your own credit history in the UK.

2) You can also apply for UK civil service jobs as a Commonwealth citizen.

3) You can register to become a British Citizen using form B(OTA) which is cheaper than naturalisation. (£1163 for registration vs £1282 for naturalisation - both 2017 prices)

hkuk2017

Thanks for your reply. Okay we do the birth registration first before we apply for the passport. I'm just worried because we're not yet married and its not clear to me what the British laws when it comes to unmarried couples having child born abroad.

Thanks again.

hkuk2017

No. I am not a British National (Overseas)

Thanks again.