New British immigration rules

Hi Guys,
              Wondering if I’ve heard this right. Apparently the new rules this year set out that if you have a British born son/ daughter then you can automatically apply for a British citizenship?. My wife has just had her FLR but apparently this new rule came in this year ?. Anyone heard the same ?.

Regards

Hi Guys,
              Wondering if I’ve heard this right. Apparently the new rules this year set out that if you have a British born son/ daughter then you can automatically apply for a British citizenship?. My wife has just had her FLR but apparently this new rule came in this year ?. Anyone heard the same ?.

Regards

It doesn't look like anything has changed, no. And each time they have tweaked the citizenship requirements, they've made it harder, not easier so I would have been surprised to find that to be the case. Many people assume British citizenship comes with marriage so it's probably just that kind of rumour.

https://www.gov.uk/british-citizenship

Thanks Larrabe, it’s my dad talking nonsense so I’ve now put him right. Thanks again for the quick reply.

The only thing I have found online is a podcast from Oct 2021 discussing proposed changes to the citizenship rules that are currently going through parliament... but it could be another year or more before those changes are implemented, if they are even implemented at all, and I don't think they actually have anything to do with what you mentioned:
https://www.sableinternational.com/blog/uk-citizenship-series-proposed-changes-to-uk-nationality-law

The Nationality and Borders Bill is golng through parliament and part of that deals with the historic gender bias. Children born abroad to British citizen mothers, who could not be registgered as British as it was their mother who was British.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/the-nationality-and-borders-bill

Thanks for the info guys hope everyone’s doing good. I’ll have a look. Speaking to him again I think he confused himself. One of his former employees son is apparently stateless and apparently if he gets a British citizenship then so will the parents. I wasn’t convinced hence thought I’ll ask you guys for a better reply I can give him. Either way he gave us a mini excitement 😂

Ksand how was your trip to the states ?

Ksand how was your trip to the states ?

I haven't been to the states recently - my last trip was back in 2019, before Covid.

Ah sorry, I think you must've just had your appointment. I remember you had mentioned last year while I was hunting for a B2 visa for my wife. hopefully, all went well.

Ah sorry, I think you must've just had your appointment. I remember you had mentioned last year while I was hunting for a B2 visa for my wife. hopefully, all went well.

Ah, yes - I did have my appointment on Feb 11th and my new B2 visa arrived on Wednesday 16th .

I wanted to get the visa sorted out now, so that I can fly to the US in the future without needing to rush to apply for it right before I need to travel.

Brilliant news! Ours is in 2 weeks times. fingers crossed.

Thanks for the info guys hope everyone’s doing good. I’ll have a look. Speaking to him again I think he confused himself. One of his former employees son is apparently stateless and apparently if he gets a British citizenship then so will the parents. I wasn’t convinced hence thought I’ll ask you guys for a better reply I can give him. Either way he gave us a mini excitement 😂

In that case, it is as larrabee thought-

And each time they have tweaked the citizenship requirements, they've made it harder, not easier so I would have been surprised to find that to be the case.

The policy has been developed in response to concerns that a number of non-settled parents, many of whom did not have permission to be in the UK at the time of their child’s birth, have chosen not to register their child’s birth with their own authorities and qualify under the current child statelessness provisions. 

We will amend the existing registration provision for stateless children by adding a requirement that the Secretary of State must be satisfied that the child cannot reasonably acquire another nationality.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-and-borders-bill-children-factsheet/nationality-and-borders-bill-children-factsheet

Plus the parents claiming their child is stateles and then using that child to try to stay in the UK (if they can) have to wait at least 11 years to be able to apply for British citizenship. They get put on the very expensive 10 year visa route to ILR. Meaning 4 visas and IHS to pay for (and any rising costs during that time). Then a year to wait from ILR, to be able to apply for British citizenship.

Free from the EU,  the UK have been able to make trade deals and India have now agreed to take back children that their Indian parents did not register in their first year, in the hope of claiming their child is stateless.

The agreement will improve the process around the return of Indian nationals with no legal right to stay in the UK and vice versa, and ensure greater co-operation around organised immigration crime.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-india-agree-partnership-to-boost-work-visas-for-indian-nationals