Passport Question - Dual Citizenship for my infant son?

Clipsey

Clipsey

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Hi,
Any idea on how I can get my son (3 months old) a UK passport?
He was born in the US and now has his US passport on the way. I am English and live in the States but now have dual citizenship.

We are travelling to the UK in a couple of months and would like to apply for a UK passport either before or while I'm over.
I will use my mum's address for his passport, again if this is possible.

Was not sure if you needed a UK birth certificate or how it worked?
Figured getting him set up with dual citizenship to start off would be much simpler :)
Thanks for any advice.
 
we did it the other way, my daughter was born in the UK, ( english dad, yank mum ) so we filed the paperwork then went down to the US embassy in London and got her citizenship. Passport etc arrived in about 3 weeks if i remember.
 
doofski said:
we did it the other way, my daughter was born in the UK, ( english dad, yank mum ) so we filed the paperwork then went down to the US embassy in London and got her citizenship. Passport etc arrived in about 3 weeks if i remember.
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This.

Our daughters have dual citizenship (NZ/UK) and it's a very straight forward thing to sort out.

Post #4 : what is wrong with you?
 
doofski said:
we did it the other way, my daughter was born in the UK, ( english dad, yank mum ) so we filed the paperwork then went down to the US embassy in London and got her citizenship. Passport etc arrived in about 3 weeks if i remember.
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Is there a time limit for them to claim US citizenship? Just wondering as if not then it might be optimum to not claim it but keep the option there - purely because the US (unlike any other country) requires taxes to be paid or at least tax returns filed regardless of the country you reside in (which has apparently proven to be a complete ball ache for some people who are US citizens by birth but have never even visited the US and are expected to file annual tax returns.
 
dowie said:
Is there a time limit for them to claim US citizenship? Just wondering as if not then it might be optimum to not claim it but keep the option there - purely because the US (unlike any other country) requires taxes to be paid or at least tax returns filed regardless of the country you reside in (which has apparently proven to be a complete ball ache for some people who are US citizens by birth but have never even visited the US and are expected to file annual tax returns.
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This is true - I've got dual nationality (UK/US) and discovered recently that I ought to have been filing returns since I started working. Had to go through a huge amnesty procedure which was a real hassle. Now that I'm in the system though it's a pain, but not the end of the world.
 
manic111 said:
This is true - I've got dual nationality (UK/US) and discovered recently that I ought to have been filing returns since I started working. Had to go through a huge amnesty procedure which was a real hassle. Now that I'm in the system though it's a pain, but not the end of the world.
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You've gotta wonder how the US would react if some other country tried claiming taxes from its citizens... i.e. if Cuba, Mexico, Ireland etc.. started chasing after people who were born there but now live in the US and demanding they file a tax return every year... even when a dual taxation agreement is in place and they don't owe anything.
 
dowie said:
Is there a time limit for them to claim US citizenship? Just wondering as if not then it might be optimum to not claim it but keep the option there - purely because the US (unlike any other country) requires taxes to be paid or at least tax returns filed regardless of the country you reside in (which has apparently proven to be a complete ball ache for some people who are US citizens by birth but have never even visited the US and are expected to file annual tax returns.
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Don't think so, we did it when she was 3 months old. It was very easy to do. I know a lot of people have handed back their US passports and relinquished their citizenship due to the tax thing.
 
Thanks for the info guys, was hoping it would be fairly straight forward.
Doing it for more of a precaution when he is older so he doesn't have to worry about visas, time of stay etc :)
 
Clipsey said:
Thanks for the info guys, was hoping it would be fairly straight forward.
Doing it for more of a precaution when he is older so he doesn't have to worry about visas, time of stay etc :)
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We will be doing the same with with our baby, US and a German passport to make EU and US visas simple.
 
Clipsey said:
Hi,
Any idea on how I can get my son (3 months old) a UK passport?
He was born in the US and now has his US passport on the way. I am English and live in the States but now have dual citizenship.

We are travelling to the UK in a couple of months and would like to apply for a UK passport either before or while I'm over.
I will use my mum's address for his passport, again if this is possible.

Was not sure if you needed a UK birth certificate or how it worked?
Figured getting him set up with dual citizenship to start off would be much simpler :)
Thanks for any advice.
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Yes, we are getting a US passport for our new daughter and once we have that we will get a German passport ( from my wife's side). Typically you just need to apply with us passport, birth vitrification, marriage license etc.

What I want to do is get a UK passport in Addition but I don't think you can have both a UK and German. :(
 
D.P. said:
That is good to know but she needs to maintain a US passport and citizenship for the time being so she will have to do without a UK passport until she is older.
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It's worth noting that under current German law you can only be dual nationals with another EU country or a non-eu country with explicit permission. If the UK leave the EU German immigration law would need to be changed to allow UK nationals to have German dual nationality.
 
Burnsy2023 said:
It's worth noting that under current German law you can only be dual nationals with another EU country or a non-eu country with explicit permission. If the UK leave the EU German immigration law would need to be changed to allow UK nationals to have German dual nationality.
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This is a concern of mine but in the case of the UK leaving the EU I would rather my daughter maintained a EU passport and have freedom of movement therein.
things get even more complex if Scotland does separate. I have no idea what options would be available, e.g. Scottish passport only because I was born in Scotland, the choice of Scottish or British since I have a British passport.

Part of the reason for getting German over British passport is due to this uncertainty
 
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