Jo1973

I am going about getting things ready to register our little girl with the British Embassy.

One of the documents they want sent is a p/copy of "Parent's Passports etc" but my husband (USC) doesn't have a p/port. Will just a copy of my (UKC) passport be sufficient?

Also, to register her, it costs 193$ (which does not include the birth cert) and for the BC it costs an exra 124$ (which sucks IMO), is it necessary for my to get the BC for her for later in life or will just registering her be enough (if she ever wants to live in the UK etc)?

Sorry if these are dumb questions but my brain cells just aren't functioning since giving birth, and I am having a hard time understanding forms lol


Thanks

Jo

NC Penguin

Welcome to BE!

Please search through this forum for answers. There have been similar threads on this subject that may help.

PS: I'm in NC too!

SagenOnion

Welcome and congrats on your new mini-Brit!

chicagojlo

I personally did not register my daughter with the Embassy. Pretty much everyone else seems to have done so but I didn't have the cash at the time so I didn't do it.
In all honesty I intend for her to have another nationality by the time she is of an age for it to be of importance and getting copies of her birth cert from the country she was born in is as well as copies of our own birth and marriage certs is hardly that difficult.
And bearing in mind that her British passport contains her visa I guard it with my life. If I would have to replace hers I'd have to replace them all so I'd be doing the same work anyway.
It's entirely your choice whether to do it or not.

Bob

Birth Cert is probably more useful in the long run, as it'll help show UKC if the widget loses passport down the line as it becomes a hassle to prove UKC, especially if you carp it.

fatbrit

Personally, I'd send a copy of the father's US birth certificate and US driver license with a note explaining he does not hold a passport.

There was a thought a month or so ago about whether you could actually apply for the slightly cheaper certificate after a few months or so at gro.gov.uk rather than the consulate's inflated price. No conclusion was reached. But the registering is definitely by the consulate, and also a worthwhile act IMO.

Jo1973

Thank you all for your great responses.

I did a search and found a lot of useful information, positive and negative so have decided to go the whole hog now. lol. (Yippeee that they accept credit cards lol)

Fatbrit - That is a good idea to send copy of DL, I hadn't even thought of doing that. Thanks for that.

NC Penquin - whereabouts in NC? I am in Efland, just West of Durham.

Thank you all again.