I am a uk citizen and have been living in the states for 15 years and have dual citizenship.

I am contemplating getting pregnant and returning to the UK to give birth so my child has dual citizenship and will also enable 'its' children to have the same rights.

Does anyone have any information if I am able to do this and what I would need to do? Would I have to get insurance coverage to pay for the UK hospital and which would you recommend? How long would I have to be over there for? I have lots of questions and just wondering if anyone taken this route before?

Erm....Three of my children were born overseas and they all have dual Canadian and British citizenship. Why would you go back as an NHS tourist, when you can just give birth where you are? ?

First and foremost is having my mum and all my family there and secondly I had read that if I have grandchildren they are not automatically given UK citizenship as their parents are born out of the UK

If you were born in UK, your children will automatically have UK citizenship. No need to travel and deliver in a strange hospital.
My boys were both born in US and Dh and I were born in UK, we are all dual nationals now.
Whether the unborn kids will want UKC for their kids is up to them, many years from now.
If your Dual national kids move to UK and have children, those babies will be UKC by birth.

It depends on how many years in the UK they spend as to whether or not they would automatically pass on the UK citizenship to their kids born outside of the UK. If they moved to the UK and had kids, they would automatically be British.

I think your just thinking to much into this.

If you are happy living in US, why is this important? Your kids will be British by descent anyway and so what if you cant keep on handing down your britishness. If your kids choose to be British and live in Britain then any kids they have there will be British too. NHS tourism isnt a popular option for most Poms who think (quite rightly) that it is a rip off of their taxes. Your kids wont miss out (I speak from experience - my granddaughter isnt British although her father, my son, is but if they desperately desired to have a British lifestyle - they dont - then they could easily move to UK and the dgd would be able to get her UK passport with little effort)

For the OP, your child if born overseas and not in the UK will only be able to pass on British citizenship to your grandchild/ren if they reside in the UK for at least 3 years. They would need to apply to register their child/ren as UKC's and provide proof via medical records, school reports etc that they resided in the UK for 3 years.

At the end of the day you need to ask yourself where will you ultimatley be living after your child is born, where will they grow up, etc..you could opt to deliver in the UK or deliver in the US knowing that your child has the right to live in the UK.

As soon as you have children everything changes LOL..YOU will want your parents around, as they will dote over the baby etc etc..so have you thought of moving back to UK?

I had all my 3 children in Canada, but have got them British passports and we've moving in 26 days back to uk...(british by decent)..

If you have your baby in the USA, but decide later you want to move back to UK, just get them a british passport and away you go! right!

You cannot use the NHS as a tourist.

As for your future grandchildren, if they are born in the US and grow up in the US, it is very likely that they will see the United States as their "home" not the United Kingdom. So is it such a significant concern?

I can see her point, though - it's all about giving them options. They obviously will see the US as their home....but two generations down the line, who can say what kind of state the world will be in, or where they might want to be. Better to have the choice than not, so I applaud the OP for giving it this amount of forethought.

Being completely pragmatic and perception of abuse of benefits aside, if you do go through with it, I'd say your best bet would be to "move back" to the UK before you have the baby. By "moving back" you will have NHS benefits. Afterwards, you may decide the UK is not for you and move back to the US.....

Thing that I do agree with everyone on though, is it will be an awful lot of aggravation and time away from your life in the US....and traveling around a lot while heavily pregnant is very ill advised (not to mention airlines have policies about it too....). Sure, it'll be nice to have you mum around for the birth.....but if you are anything like most people, you'll also want to be getting your own house all ship shape before the baby arrives.

Fair play to you if you do go through with it all, but I'd say it will be an awful lot of effort, and if you have a normal kind of lifestyle in the US (i.e. busy working family, a husband who will want to be involved in your pregnancy, all the getting ready for a new baby, etc) - it will ultimately be impractical.

If you have made the US your home and are happy with that decision, why would you even consider a temporary move to the UK to give birth? Giving birth is emotional enough without deliberately being in unfamiliar and temporary circumstances. When you sit and stare into your newborns eyes for hour after hour, you really want to be in the comfort of your own home.

If, however, you do not see yourself in the US longterm, then it is an entirely different question (and one that I can understand a lot more....).

katu.

Cost might be an issue, not having support of friends/family might be another.

It is a bit of an extreme thing to do but then only one person can answer what is the right answer.

For any that have accused the OP of being an "NHS tourist" read her post again. She enquires about insurance coverage and recommendations.

Good luck wehatever you decide to do.

I would think you would be hard pushed (excuse the pun) to get insurance for giving birth. It is too costly and the insurance company would have to charge 1000s or maybe even 10,000+ GBP.

Probably best getting a quote from a private hospital.

stay put with what you know best & have the child in the states

Then under the British nationality act register them as UK citizens

follow this

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...ea=Citizenship

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si.../guide_mn1.pdf