murphytx

Hi, thanks in advance for any help. I have enjoyed reading this forum and have a question of my own now.

I am a British citizen by birth and moved to the U.S. over 10 years ago and married my U.S. born wife who is not a British citizen. My wife had a 6 year old son from a previous marriage and I adopted him 9 years ago, my wife and I would like to know if it is possible to get him a British passport, we have downloaded the forms from the britainusa website but we are not sure if my son is automatically a British citizen by descent or if I have to ask the Home Office to register him, my son is under the age of 18. I have tried calling the British embassy but have not had a response.

Thanks again in advance.

Marty J

I think you need to submit form MN1 to the British Embassy in Washington.

As you are a British citizen by birth, your son has an entitlement to British citizenship, but he needs to register it.

goatherder

murphytx

here is the relevent details on the bia website.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/br...adoptedabroad/

Mummy in the foothills

We had to apply for citizenship for our adopted daughter It was the MN1 if I remember right. Flippin expensive too. Make sure you have Originals of the final court orders and adoption finalization, original birth certificate and amended birth certificate.
I had to send in a huge package of court papers. But it was done fairly quickly and she's now a UKC with a UK passport.
The DC embassy mailed all the papers to me and were really helpful on the phone.
I think it was pretty close to $700 by the time we were done , the price went up after I mailed it all in and they called me at home to make sure it was OK to charge that much on my CC.

goatherder

400 GBP when I applied for my daughter in London using the MN1 form. (She wasn't british but born in Britain)

JAJ

And do so before the age of 18.