lol yes it is confusing, also made worse as parents were not married, so we're not sure if passport only application would be considered without a birth cert.
He has a local and NSO birth cert, and Philippine embassy London sworn paternity document and consent to use the surname of father.
Philippine embassy also told me he didn't need a UK birth cert to apply for passport, but then FCO said on the phone he did ?
Who knows. Thanks for everything guys