Quote Originally Posted by grahamw48 View Post
Well I think you should consider the child that you may be bringing into the world first.

A lot can change in the future.

Ask yourself if you could be parted from that child, and would it finish up living in poverty and without a father.
Could you live with that ?

If it were me (and it has been), I would not contemplate under any circumstances bringing a child into this world in such shaky circumstances.

Call me old-fashioned, but I also think it's only doing the decent thing to marry, and to give your offspring your surname and right to a British passport.

If you've been living in the Phils you'll realise that there are quite enough single mothers and children in poverty already.
I think based on the information Graham you are right when you say your a little old fashioned

I dont know if Kesters g/f is already married or if he might rather live with her for a while longer and register a civil partnership,and seek settlement that way,or indeed if they will ever have a child.

Any issue will have the right to a UK passport as long as he is on the Birthcertificate and can as a British Subject call themselves by whatever name they choose.

Not everyone believes or needs the institution of marriage although it may make dealings with the authorities easier