gparkes Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Hi All, Just been to see midwife today and asked regarding what will happen when my baby is born in August. we are here on a 457 business visa so we are temporary residents and i thought we had read that if we have a baby it will be English as we are not permanent here, but she seemed to say today that the baby will be australian??? Can anyone clarify on this? also we are looking into going home at xmas and now babies in the UK need their own passport but travel on their parents when australian?? so where does this leave us? as i have a british passport?? so what would we do regarding getting baby and a passport ??? Its all so confusing and i haven't a clue what i am to do and seem to get mixed responses by different people i ask. So anyone who has been in the same situation please let me know what happens and what i need to do when baby is born regarding passports and citizenship ect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACDONALDO67 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 I shall be watching this thread with interest because this is my "Plan C" to get permanent residence. My wife is only 39 but she doesn't know the plan yet. :biglaugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Collett Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 As a general guide, baby can only be an Australian citizen at birth if s/he is a child of an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident. Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Collett Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 PS. You would need to register baby as a UK citizen, obtain a UK passport for baby, and then have a subclass 457 visa entered in baby's passport so that baby can re-enter Australia in due course. I have to confess to not being an expert on UK citizenship issues, so maybe progress this further with the British High Commission in Canberra: British Nationality and Registrations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 PS. You would need to register baby as a UK citizen, obtain a UK passport for baby, and then have a subclass 457 visa entered in baby's passport so that baby can re-enter Australia in due course. I have to confess to not being an expert on UK citizenship issues, so maybe progress this further with the British High Commission in Canberra: British Nationality and Registrations Thanks for that i will have a good look on that web site to see if i can find any answers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpearse Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Alan is right. we are here on a 457 and I had a baby 9 weeks ago. Obivously she has an australian birth certificate but is not eligible for an australian passport. I have just sent passport pictures of her plus the passport application form to my parents in the UK so they can get the documents signed by someone I have known for 2 years. Once they send these back to me I will send them to the British embassy here so get the little her passport. hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted March 26, 2008 Author Share Posted March 26, 2008 That helps great, thanks Did you just get the forms from the web page above? Will they accept someone signing the pictures in the UK without even seeing the baby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpearse Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 yes I think it was the above website. It is a form C2 anyway. They don't need to have seen the baby just have to have known you for 2 years and be the usual solicitor, doctor etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 yes I think it was the above website. It is a form C2 anyway. They don't need to have seen the baby just have to have known you for 2 years and be the usual solicitor, doctor etc. Did you need to register the baby as a Uk citizen first before filling in the c2 form? I see the costs in this alone are $1100 for the application to be a british citizen?? Or did you just fill in the c2 form without doing the citizen application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpearse Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Hi, No I haven't registered the baby as a British Citizen. I believe all you have to do is fill in the form and send with the baby's birth cert, mother's passport and the fee. I sent ours off last week so will let you know if this isn't correct. I was wrong in one of my post's saying that I had to get someone who has known me for 2 years to sign. the person has to have seen the baby which no-one at home has. We called the passport advice line and they said that this is a common situation and that we just have to find the person who has the highest standing in the community here and that has known us for as long as possible i.e. in our case since we arrived in November. At my OH's work there is a JP and she has known him since we got here so that is who has signed our form and passport pic's. Hope this helps and good luck with the baby! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Ohh right Thanks for that, we arrived in December and i went straight to the GP to get my pregnancy confirmed so i think maybe he may be the best person to sign ours then, is that correct? So you just filled in the C2 form with the $171.00 for the passport fee?? I am a little confused over the MN1 form and hoped we wouldn't have to do this as its $1100!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jpearse Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Yes I guess your GP sounds like the right person. I haven't heard of a form MN1 so hope I don't need one at that price!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 Hi, No I haven't registered the baby as a British Citizen. I believe all you have to do is fill in the form and send with the baby's birth cert, mother's passport and the fee. I sent ours off last week so will let you know if this isn't correct. I was wrong in one of my post's saying that I had to get someone who has known me for 2 years to sign. the person has to have seen the baby which no-one at home has. We called the passport advice line and they said that this is a common situation and that we just have to find the person who has the highest standing in the community here and that has known us for as long as possible i.e. in our case since we arrived in November. At my OH's work there is a JP and she has known him since we got here so that is who has signed our form and passport pic's. Hope this helps and good luck with the baby! Hi how did it go with getting all the paper work sorted?? Any advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted July 1, 2008 Author Share Posted July 1, 2008 How long did it take you to get the birth certificate back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nathanhaigh Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi All, You may wish to read this thread - I've tried to be informative and provide links to relevant info....hope it helps! Nathan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparkes Posted October 27, 2009 Author Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hi All, You may wish to read this thread - I've tried to be informative and provide links to relevant info....hope it helps! Nathan Wow this is an old post thought this would have been buried by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lois Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Hi Gail, I was just wondering how you went on registering your baby and sorting out the passport. I am currently i the EXACT same situation on a 457 visa and wanting a trip to UK at Xmas. Hope it all went ok for you. Hope you can help, im pulling my hair out. Thanks, Lois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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