Re: Child British passport

[Tiggers0608]

BIRTH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS UPDATED JAN 2009

CONSULAR SECTION
British Embassy Manila
120 Upper McKinley Road, McKinley Hill, Taguig City 1634
Tel: +63 2 858 2200 / Fax: +63 2 858 2342
Email: CONS-Manila@fco.gov.uk / Website: http://ukinthephilippines.fco.gov.uk


CONSULAR BIRTH REGISTRATIONS

A Consular Birth Registration is not a legal requirement, but it is recommended.

Births outside the Philippines will need to be forwarded to the relevant British Embassy post for registering.

The advantages are that

• A British style birth certificate is available as evidence of British nationality
• A record of the birth will afterwards be held in the General Registry Office in the United Kingdom. Further copies can be obtained from the General Registry Office


Procedures and requirements:

• Applicants born in the Philippines, on/after 01 July 2006 (See ANNEX A)
• Applicants born in the Philippines, before 01 July 2006 to unmarried parents who subsequently marry (See ANNEX B)
• Applicants born in the Philippines, before 01 July 2006 to unmarried parents, where the father is a British citizen, and are still unmarried (See ANNEX C)

Please note that additional documents may be required while the application is being processed.


Useful Contacts:

(For Philippine Birth, Marriage & other civil registry document)
National Statistics Office
Civil Registration Department
Vibal Building, EDSA
Quezon City 1104
Hotline: +632 737 1111
Website: www.e-census.com.ph
Email: e-census.info@mail.census.gov.ph

(For enquiries about UK birth, death, marriage and civil partnership)
Consular Directorate
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Room G38, Old Admiralty Building
London SW1A 2PA
Tel: +0044 207 008 0186
Email: bmdenquiries@fco.gov.uk

(Requests for duplicate of naturalisation certificate)
Nationality Enquiries Team
Immigration and Nationality Directorate
Home Office
PO Box 306
Liverpool
L69 2UX


ANNEX A


• For applicants born on/after 1st July 2006 to parents who are married/unmarried, where the British citizen father is named on the local birth certificate within a year of the child’s birth, and the mother is NOT married to someone else.

COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Birth Certificate on NSO (National Statistics Office) Security paper
 Parents’ birth certificates
British parent: submit full/long UK birth certificate or Birth Registration/Naturalisation certificate
Philippine born parent: submit NSO birth certificate
 If applicable, parents’ marriage certificate – submit NSO marriage certificate if married in the Philippines and evidence of termination of any previous marriage (divorce decree nisi, annulment)
 Submit CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage Record) for Philippine citizen parent if not married to the British parent of the applicant
 If parents are not married, mother’s written consent to the issuance of a passport to her child
 If applicable, father’s/mother’s death certificate
 Birth certificates of all other brothers and sisters (applicant’s siblings), if applicable
 Both parents’ passports from around the time of applicant’s birth
 Current or previous passports held by applicant including any passport s/he was included on and/or used to travel to the Philippines, if applicable

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Mother’s antenatal/postnatal/delivery notes, scans and ultrasounds from hospital. If unable to obtain original records, please submit copies, which have been attested by the hospital.
 School records from Nursery to University, as applicable
 Local photo identity documents e.g. voter’s card , driving license, bank cards, etc
 Applicant’s life photographs (ideally not digitised photos), to include
• Photographs as a baby with parents in the UK (if applicable)
• Photographs on return to the country (where application is being made)
• Photographs of applicant growing up in the UK/country where making the application; with parents and siblings
• If married, wedding photos
 Parents’ UK documents (one year before and up to two years after applicant’s birth)
 Documents with regards to applicant’s change of name
• Sworn affidavit, deed poll and newspaper cutting with regards to change of name (including adding or dropping names);
• Marriage certificate and wedding photographs, if name change is through marriage
 Complete a Consular Birth Registration form

Fees to be paid : Fee 33 – Registering a birth
Fee 35 – Providing a copy of an entry in the Consular register of births



If you are unable to provide some of the documents mentioned above or if there are any doubts regarding the application, you may be required to attend an interview and/or require you to do a D.N.A. test to prove the relationship between parents and applicant (child).


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ANNEX B


• For applicants born before 1st July 2006 to unmarried parents, whose claim to British nationality is through the father only and whose parents subsequently marry after the child’s birth:


COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Birth Certificate on NSO (National Statistics Office) Security paper
 Parents’ birth certificates
British parent: submit full/long UK birth certificate or Birth Registration/Naturalisation certificate
Philippine born parent: submit NSO birth certificate
 If applicable, parents’ marriage certificate – submit NSO marriage certificate if married in the Philippines and evidence of termination of any previous marriage (divorce decree nisi, annulment)
 If applicable, father’s/mother’s death certificate
 Birth certificates of all other brothers and sisters (applicant’s siblings), if applicable
 Both parents’ passports from around the time of applicant’s birth
 Current or previous passports held by applicant including any passport s/he was included on and/or used to travel to the Philippines, if applicable

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Mother’s antenatal/postnatal/delivery notes, scans and ultrasounds from hospital. If unable to obtain original records, please submit copies, which have been attested by the hospital.
 School records from Nursery to University, as applicable
 Applicant’s life photographs (ideally not digitised photos), to include
• Photographs as a baby with parents in the UK (if applicable)
• Photographs on return to the country (where application is being made)
• Photographs of applicant growing up in the UK/country where making the application; with parents and siblings
• If married, wedding photos
 Parents’ UK documents (one year before and up to two years after applicant’s birth)
 Documents with regards to applicant’s change of name
• Sworn affidavit, deed poll and newspaper cutting with regards to change of name (including adding or dropping names);
• Marriage certificate and wedding photographs, if name change is through marriage
 Complete a Consular Birth Registration form
 Both parents must sign declarations of paternity (mother/father) in front of a Consular officer
 The father must complete a domicile questionnaire
The purpose of this is to establish whether the father has retained a domicile in the UK (this basically means close connections in the UK) and can therefore benefit from the provisions of British nationality law. We will send the completed domicile questionnaire and documentation our Desk Officer in the Nationality and Consular Registration Section in London. Those applying should expect to receive a decision in approximately 8 weeks.

Fees to be paid : Fee 33 – Registering a birth
Fee 35 – Providing a copy of an entry in the Consular register of births


If you are unable to provide some of the documents mentioned above or if there are any doubts regarding the application, you may be required to attend an interview and/or require you to do a D.N.A. test to prove the relationship between parents and applicant (child).

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ANNEX C


• For applicants born before 1st July 2006, who are under 18 years old, to a British father (born in the UK) and parents were NOT married at the time the children was born, and are still not married. This application will be forwarded to the Home Office for decision. This would take 4-6 months to process but timings cannot be guaranteed.


COMPULSORY DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Birth Certificate on NSO (National Statistics Office) Security paper
 Parents’ birth certificates
British parent: submit full/long UK birth certificate or Birth Registration/Naturalisation certificate
Philippine born parent: submit NSO birth certificate
 Submit CENOMAR (Certificate of No Marriage Record) for Philippine citizen parent
 If applicable, father’s/mother’s death certificate
 Birth certificates of all other brothers and sisters (applicant’s siblings), if applicable
 Both parents’ passports from around the time of applicant’s birth
 Current or previous passports held by applicant including any passport s/he was included on and/or used to travel to the Philippines, if applicable

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
(Please present ORIGINAL documents and photocopies of each document)

 Mother’s antenatal/postnatal/delivery notes, scans and ultrasounds from hospital. If unable to obtain original records, please submit copies, which have been attested by the hospital.
 School records from Nursery to University, as applicable
 Applicant’s life photographs (ideally not digitised photos), to include
• Photographs as a baby with parents in the UK (if applicable)
• Photographs on return to the country (where application is being made)
• Photographs of applicant growing up in the UK/country where making the application; with parents and siblings
• If married, wedding photos
 Parents’ UK documents (one year before and up to two years after applicant’s birth)
 Documents with regards to applicant’s change of name
• Sworn affidavit, deed poll and newspaper cutting with regards to change of name (including adding or dropping names);
• Marriage certificate and wedding photographs, if name change is through marriage
 Complete the MN1 form (MN1 guide)
 Both parents must sign declarations of paternity (mother/father) in front of a Consular officer
 Mother’s written consent to the registration

Fees to be paid: Fee 5 – Supplying witness (Father’s declaration)
Fee 5 – Supplying witness (Mother’s declaration)
Fee 39 – Forwarding an application for registration to the Home Office
Home Office Registration Fee
(Peso equivalent computed at the FCO Consular exchange rate for the month)


If you are unable to provide some of the documents mentioned above or if there are any doubts regarding the application, you may be required to attend an interview and/or require you to do a D.N.A. test to prove the relationship between parents and applicant (child).

thanks shayla for the info

[Tiggers0608]

already called the ips in glasgow they said my daughter can't have a british passport bcoz .....

she needs:

her passport when she entered UK,
child birth certificate,
her father's british birth certificate,
father's passport,
and parent's marriage contract ( they said parents should be married when the child was born)

bcoz if not, we have to apply her for naturalization first and it cost £400, unlike the passport it only cost £46 , lol

well if thats the case, ................... i'll let my husband call them lol

[joebloggs]

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and parent's marriage contract ( they said parents should be married when the child was born)

bcoz if not, we have to apply her for naturalization first and it cost £400, unlike the passport it only cost £46 , lol

did you get your childs birth cert legitimated after you married ?

[Tiggers0608]

did you get your childs birth cert legitimated after you married ?

yes but i don't have a copy of it, coz at the city hall they said go to NSO to get ur copy so that was weird coz usually they give a copy too thats already from NSO

[joebloggs]

how long was it after the birth of your baby that you got married ?..

if you did get your babies birth cert legitimated after your marriage then..

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...df?view=Binary


GENERAL
1. The purpose of this leaflet is to explain how parents who are British citizens can pass their citizenship on to their children born outside the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983.
In this leaflet:
(a) The “United Kingdom” means England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
(b) Reference to “qualifying territories” mean the British overseas territories (see Note A) other than the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
(c) Unless otherwise indicated, any reference to “parent” means:
Children born before 1 July 2006
•
the mother (if the child was born on or after 1 January 1983) – before 1983, women were not able to pass on citizenship to their children
•
the father (but only if he was married to the mother) NB. If the parents were not married when the child was born, but then get married, the marriage might legitimate the child’s birth. If it does, the child would become a British citizen (and would be regarded as having been one from birth) if the father was a British citizen (or settled) when the child was born. Children of a void marriage may also, in some circumstances, be treated as legitimate.


i would phone again, telling them this.. good luck

[Tiggers0608]

how long was it after the birth of your baby that you got married ?..

if you did get your babies birth cert legitimated after your marriage then..

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...df?view=Binary


GENERAL
1. The purpose of this leaflet is to explain how parents who are British citizens can pass their citizenship on to their children born outside the United Kingdom on or after 1 January 1983.
In this leaflet:
(a) The “United Kingdom” means England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
(b) Reference to “qualifying territories” mean the British overseas territories (see Note A) other than the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
(c) Unless otherwise indicated, any reference to “parent” means:
Children born before 1 July 2006
•
the mother (if the child was born on or after 1 January 1983) – before 1983, women were not able to pass on citizenship to their children
•
the father (but only if he was married to the mother) NB. If the parents were not married when the child was born, but then get married, the marriage might legitimate the child’s birth. If it does, the child would become a British citizen (and would be regarded as having been one from birth) if the father was a British citizen (or settled) when the child was born. Children of a void marriage may also, in some circumstances, be treated as legitimate.


i would phone again, telling them this.. good luck

my daughter was born sept 2005 and we got married jan 2006 , only 3 months and few days after my daughter was born. But my husband's name is on the Birth cert and signed the acknowlegdement of paternity.

[Tiggers0608]

oooppps i forgot to say

Thank you so much JOE