Passport for Newborns

[iantojjackh]

The story is set in modern times.
Main character is a British citizen; born and raised. Also he was born after Jan. 1 1983.   He has lived his whole life in the UK except for the last three, almost four years. Spent one year travelling the world travelling and the rest of the time was spent in the US. In that time character got married and had

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[sushidog]

If their father is a British citizen (by birth or naturalisation) and his parents were married, his children are entitled to a UK passport. The information you need is here.

[iantojjackh]

Thank you that helps.

[tersa]

My question is what kind of passport would the newborns be eligible for?

As children of a U.S. citizen born in the U.S., the twins would automatically qualify for U.S. citizenship.

This wikipedia entry seems to suggest children born abroad to a British father "are considered automatically British and can apply for a passport directly through the Identity and Passport Services (IPS)".

[orange_fell]

The babies are US citizens due to being born in the country, so they need US passports in order to travel internationally. This page describes the application process. Here's a page about travel to the UK from the US with current information about documents etc., you might want to read the part about "Entry, Exit, and Visa Requirements." Probably the father would immediately want to make his twins British citizens; I'm not sure how that process works, but he could probably get started on it before even leaving the US.

[imachar]

Yes they should be able to get British passports fairly easily - it requires form C2 which you can get online and photographs that would have to be countersigned by a British or commonwealth citizen (not related to the father) - and documentation of their birth and the father's birth (and father's British passport) and since the kids were born in the US, the nearest consular office might require an in person interview to verify the identity and parentage of the kids (alternatively they might just pass it straight through the system and issue the passports automatically). I don't think whether they have US passports or not will have any bearing on their situation. Hope that helps...

[iantojjackh]

Thank you. In the research I didn't come across the countersigned documentation, so that helps a lot.

[framlingem]

FWIW, my sister, born on Canadian soil to British citizens, did not have to go to a consular office to get her UK passport.*
*Granted, that was... 1992 I think? She was five when she got her first passport.

[philomytha]

The children are both British and American citizens by birth and blood, and there shouldn't be any difficulty at all in the father getting them a British passport. He just needs to register the births with the British Consul to get them British birth certificates and then apply for passports just like for any other British citizen. Since the mother is dead, there will be no issue with him taking them out of the US (it would be harder to take them out of the US if their mother was alive and objected to him taking them, and as she is a US citizen and the father is not, a US court would normally rule in her favour). There's no need for any fancy diplomatic/royal connections: I'm an ordinary person, my dad is English and I was born in the US and I've held both passports since birth. I'm not sure it would be possible for him to avoid the children also having US citizenship, since they will presumably also have had their births registered in the usual way in the US. Holding both citizenships is perfectly possible, if occasionally