tropicalrains

Hi there, I am British and have been living in the US for 13yrs. I have both a British passport and a US passport. I believe I can apply for British passports for my two kids (who are under the age of 18yrs and we’re both born in the US). I’m confused about the fee though - is it 49pounds each or 1012 pounds each? Welcome advice esp from anyone in the know or who has gone through this process... (please share any links to clarify) Thanks

tropicalrains

by the way, for background, I wasn't born in the UK but I had been living there since childhood for about 27yrs... Am I able to get British Passports for my US-born kids if I myself wasn't born in the UK?

Lion in Winter

Here are the regular fees, showing the 49 pound for 16 and under.

https://www.gov.uk/passport-fees

If you apply from the US, you will have to pay a courier fee on top of that to return the passports and supporting documents, and you will shoulder the courier fee to send the supporting documents as well. I don't see any way that would add up to a thousand quid. You may be looking at a site which offers a "rush service" in which case you will pay a higher fee and also a commission to the site doing this for you. You don't need them.

Lion in Winter

OK, that's a separate question. You need someone more experienced than I.

You could start by reading here.

https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-british-parent

petitefrancaise

Probably not. My daughter is British, born in France and her children do not automatically get citizenship unless they are born in the UK.

Pulaski

That is incorrect advice, as if you live in the UK for three years before your child is born you can pass on British citizenship, but I am not sure of the precise rules and procedures. I am hoping that BiP will show up with some specific advice.

This is one consideration that will impact Little Miss P if she were to go to uni in the UK to study for three years (90 days travel outside the UK per year is permitted), as it would mean that any children she has subsequently would (under current rules) have access to a British passport.

petitefrancaise

I said she is british. We passed on our British citizenship to her. She cannot pass it on to her children. Her elder siblings were born in the UK and can.

Pulaski

That's the bit that is potentially incorrect. ..... It is currently correct for your daughter, but would change for your daughter if she goes to live in the UK for three continuous years, even if any children she subsequently has are born outside the UK.

SanDiegogirl

People are going to need more info to answer this question.

Where were you born? When? How did you get British nationality? Is one of your parents or both of your parents British? Were THEY born in the UK?

tht

This. I was born outside the the UK with a British Mother and German father, but was able to pass my British Citizenship to my sons who were also born outside the UK to me and my USC wife. As noted when is also relevant as there were also changes to the law.



this is a good place to start:
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...olicy-guidance

https://www.gov.uk/government/public...ic-acquisition

tht

Did you do a consular birth registration for your children in the UK, or are you trying to establish if they have a claim to British Citizenship?

tropicalrains

They only have US birth certificates. I'm trying to understand if they have claim to having British Passports along with their US Passports...

Pulaski

Only having US birth certificates isn't an issue, but while there are multiple possible routes to a British passport, depending on your personal history, as per questions posed by SanDiegogirl, above, you can probably (if I understand the rules, "definietly") obtain British passports for your children based on you having lived in the UK for more than three years prior to their birth. I am hoping that BiP will be along to advise, as he is the BE expert on the specifics of passing on British citizenship under circumstances such as yours.

SanDiegogirl

Hence, I've asked YOU where you were born, when, and the background to your parents.

Not sure why tht responded or whether his case is relevant

tropicalrains

I was born in Zimbabwe (formally Southern Rhodesia) '75. My father was born there too in the 1940s. My mother, in India in 1950.