Registering birth at the British Embassy.

Question on behalf of a British friend.

If the Thai girlfriend has a baby, can the baby be registered at the Embassy or do the couple have to be married first?

Thanks in advance.

I've got the Embassy handout in front of me HH.

"British fathers cannot tranmit their nationality to illegitimate children automatically"

...then further down page 2

"British Fathers who are not married, can now apply to register children who are born abroad, with the Home office"

I've got the Embassy handout in front of me HH.

"British fathers cannot tranmit their nationality to illegitimate children automatically"

...then further down page 2

"British Fathers who are not married, can now apply to register children who are born abroad, with the Home office"

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Cheers Moog............as you say 'clear as mud'

I have an English mate with 2 kids and he believes he can't get them citizenship by descent? should be able to rego the kiddies though, UK should'nt be that backward??

For my daughter I just translated the birth certificate and then applied for citizenship by descent back home, paid the Thai equivilent of 4K THB and 10 days later my little gal's an Aussie and now she has an Aussie passport.

Bit of mucking about but especially if thing's go pear shaped it's worth the trouble...

Registering the birth at the embassy and registering the child at the Home Office are 2 different things.

As the Moog says, British fathers can only pass on their nationality if the birth is legitimate; i.e. the parents are married. If this is the case, you can register the birth at the embassy and get a UK-style birth certificate for the child as well as a British passport.

If the parents are not married, and therefore no automatic entitlement to British citizenship exists, an application may be made through the embassy to the Home Office for the child to be registered as a British citizen. Whether it is granted or not is discretionary and is based upon the family ties to the UK. This process can take a year or more.

Scouse.

....cheers, looks like I will have to do the right thing!

opps edit, he not I ;-)