sousa5345

I'm a British citizen by naturalisation (2012). I wanted to apply for a British passport or Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode

for my kids who were born in India and are staying in India with their mother. My daughter is almost 4 years old and my son is a few months old.
As a British parent, they want my original british naturalisation certificate.

If I'm applying for both of their Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode

and BIO together, will I be able to provide my naturalisation certificate for both applications or do I need to apply separately and wait for the application to be successful and apply for the 2nd application.
Which documents do I need?
Has anyone gone through this process outside the uk?
thanks

BritInParis

You can apply for either a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode or a British passport, but not both.

If you intend to apply for their OCI status then you should apply for their British passports.

sousa5345

I want to apply for a Certificate of Entitlement to the Right of Abode due to fast processing time as I want to apply for a spouse visa in January or feb.

Once my kids come to the UK I can apply for their British passport any time and get oci.


Are the documents uploaded online or given at VFS?

BritInParis

That would be a very expensive way of doing it. I don’t think the processing times would vary enough to warrant the extra cost.

If you do apply for a Certificate of Entitlement then you would submit the supporting documents online.

sousa5345

In india i heard it soo slow to get british passport, plus have to travel outside the state for the passport and have to pay for flight tickets and hotel and my wife will struggle to travel with three year old and 4 month child.

will these documents will be fine?British parent naturalization certificate.

• Applicants' birth certificates showing both parents' details.
• Applicants passport
• 2 Passport size photos
• Parents' marriage certificate.
• Parents birth certificate.
• Childs antenatal records (pregnancy visits) and hospital discharge paper.

plz let me know if im missing anything.