***UK*** Visa question
(Sorry if this has been asked before I tried searching first)
My wife and I are English who have been living in the year for 10 years (not got US citizenship yet - on green card) We have two American born children with American passports.. We've not been back to England for 4 years and a friend of mine said that the UK Visa law has changed for English citizens with US children. Do my kids need a VISA (we staying one month - just pleasure) Thanks |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
US citizens don't need a visa to visit the UK but would usually get a 6 month visit stamp.
However you should be able to get your children UK passports as citizens by descent, which means they are full UK citizens but cannot pass their UK citizenship on to their own children unless they live in the UK for 3 years. I'm sure somebody else knows how exactly but you can apply for the childrens' UK passports from the UK consulate nearest you in the US. |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
Originally Posted by peckythump
(Post 9373531)
(Sorry if this has been asked before I tried searching first)
My wife and I are English who have been living in the year for 10 years (not got US citizenship yet - on green card) We have two American born children with American passports.. We've not been back to England for 4 years and a friend of mine said that the UK Visa law has changed for English citizens with US children. Do my kids need a VISA (we staying one month - just pleasure) Thanks Rene |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
Funny that I never really thought about getting English passports for my kids, I'll look into that.
But it sounds like for my trip in June I'll be OK without a VISA. Wonder how a 3 and 6 year will do in their own immigration line :-) (Hopefully we just pick the shortest line!) Thanks Paul |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
Originally Posted by Noorah101
(Post 9373549)
Why aren't your children UK citizens?
Rene
Originally Posted by peckythump
(Post 9373575)
Funny that I never really thought about getting English passports for my kids, I'll look into that.
But it sounds like for my trip in June I'll be OK without a VISA. Wonder how a 3 and 6 year will do in their own immigration line :-) (Hopefully we just pick the shortest line!) Thanks Paul |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
Your friends are being dicks.
Nothing has changed. If you are both natural born Brit citizens, you pass it on to your kids, so they're Brit citizens. It's only a problem if you got your Brit citizenship through decent that it isn't automatically passed on. |
Re: ***UK*** Visa question
Before I got my little ones UK passports I took them to UK on their US ones, and took them through the EU line with me, no problems.
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