Registering Child as British Citizen: MN1 section 3(5)

Hello,

As my children have a parent who has UKC by descent and we have now lived in the UK for three years, I am planning to register the children as citizens using form MN1 section 3(5).

This doesn't seem to be a topic often covered in this form, but I'm hoping someone will have tips or insights. For example:

• There is both an online and paper form, is one better/easier than the other?
  
  
• What is the approximate wait time for a decision? I believe the website says 6 months, but I'm hoping experience of others will show it is faster!
  
  
• Does anyone suggest using the Nationality Checking Service? Seems we could hold on to our passports and BRPs using that.
  
  
• What evidence do we include to show " that the child and both parents have lived in the UK for 3 years immediately before the date of application." I don't see an example. Do we need to send school enrollment/mail/passports/letter from our landlord?
  
  
• Can I apply for the kids' UK passports at the same time? Or do I need to wait for a decision?

Below are details on MN1 3(5) for reference.

Any help would be appreciated, as always!

Section 3(5)
To qualify under this section the child and their mother and father should have lived in the UK (or British overseas territory if born after 21 May 2002) for a 3 year period ending with the date the application is received. And the child and their parents should be physically present in the UK or a British overseas territory at the start of that period.
The child and their parents must not have been absent from the UK (or the British overseas territories if appropriate) for more than 270 days during the 3 year residential period. There is no discretion to disregard absences greater than 270 days.
If the parents’ marriage or civil partnership has ended or they are legally separated
then only the child and one parent has to satisfy the residence requirement.
Both parents must consent to the child being registered as a British citizen. If one of the parents has died then only the consent of the surviving parent is required.
A child registered under this section will be a British citizen otherwise than by descent.

Hello,

As my children have a parent who has UKC by descent and we have now lived in the UK for three years, I am planning to register the children as citizens using form MN1 section 3(5).

This doesn't seem to be a topic often covered in this form, but I'm hoping someone will have tips or insights. For example:

• There is both an online and paper form, is one better/easier than the other?
  
  
• What is the approximate wait time for a decision? I believe the website says 6 months, but I'm hoping experience of others will show it is faster!
  
  
• Does anyone suggest using the Nationality Checking Service? Seems we could hold on to our passports and BRPs using that.
  
  
• What evidence do we include to show " that the child and both parents have lived in the UK for 3 years immediately before the date of application." I don't see an example. Do we need to send school enrollment/mail/passports/letter from our landlord?
  
  
• Can I apply for the kids' UK passports at the same time? Or do I need to wait for a decision?

Below are details on MN1 3(5) for reference.

Any help would be appreciated, as always!

This is the guidance that vinny put up https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/680291/Registration-as-a-British-citizen-children-v2.0EXT.pdf
on this thread.
https://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=94706.0;all

You're right, we don't see it a lot on here, so unless ksand knows the answers to your questions, or vinny posts, you will see lots of parents using MN1 on immigrationboards.com

You're right, we don't see it a lot on here, so unless ksand knows the answers to your questions, or vinny posts, you will see lots of parents using MN1 on immigrationboards.com

Unfortunately I don’t know much about it, because we don’t often see people on this forum registering their children after living in the U.K. for 3 years.

In most cases, the people on the forum who have registered as British have done it from the US, because they qualify for UK citizenship through their parents (I.e. people born before 1983 to a British mother who couldn’t previously claim UK citizenship), and usually by the time they post on the forum they have already applied and/or had their application processed.



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Thanks for letting me know! I'll post over at the other chat site.