Has anyone had a baby here???????

[KeithD]

im actually his sister, he is at work and i just feel sorry for him he has so many questions bussing round his head i thought i might try and see if there was anyone else who has been in a similar situation.

Trying to get the girl here to have the baby when he is not even sure it is his, nor does he want to marry yet would basically be screwing the immigration system.

It is irrelevant if she has the baby in the Phil, and would probably get better care there. If it is his, then getting British citizenship in the future is not a problem.

As for if it's not his, and putting his name on the birth certificate, don't even go there. The birth certificate is for the real parents, not adoption.

[JimOttley]

Trying to get the girl here to have the baby when he is not even sure it is his, nor does he want to marry yet would basically be screwing the immigration system.

It is irrelevant if she has the baby in the Phil, and would probably get better care there. If it is his, then getting British citizenship in the future is not a problem.

As for if it's not his, and putting his name on the birth certificate, don't even go there. The birth certificate is for the real parents, not adoption.

Exactly, the health care system in the Phils is good, cheaper than here as they would have to pay in the UK as well and if the child is his, then they will get British citizenship anyway due to the change in the rules back in July 2006.

As for point two - putting the name on the Birth Certificate, I did this for my son knowing the child was not mine, it was a foolish gallant gesture that nearly ruined my chances of getting my daughter's citizenship sorted out.

The British embassy in Manila will require a DNA test or alternatively so much documentation that the brother will have a nightmare trying to prove that the child is his.

When I applied for Janna's birth registration and passport last December, I was asked for my son James' birth certificate as well as they check lots of ways to see if the mother is still married elsewhere.

Anyway at that point I wrote up a full truthful explanation of what I done and why! Eight months later we got Janna's citizenship and passport so if the child is his they will get citizenship!

The main benefit is the open right to international travel for the child without the need to apply for Visa's right left and centre. For my daughter whatever happens to me she will be free to travel anywhere in Europe when she grows up and that is really important to me.


Jim