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My friend has arrived from Australia today with her 6 year old daughter to make a new life with her partner! (uk based!)
She has duel nationality due do having English parents and has the correct visa to move here (bonkers! It rains here...)
The issue is her daughter... She followed the Australian visa site and got permission from the dad etc, and at no point till she got here did she know the 6 yr old also needed a visa!
The 6 yr old is going to be deported next Friday unless a visa can be sorted, and the Aus embassy is now shut till Monday!
Does anyone have any serious words of wisdom to help put her mind at rest over what's meant to be her first weekend of a new life?
Cheers!
I think it's unlikely the child will be deported. She should ask for a temporary extension whilst she applies for a visa. Surely if the mum has dual nationality she doesn't need a visa as she has a UK passport ? The child may be entitled to a UK passport, she should check this out also.
Cheers jambalaya, looking at that now!
I was told here in Germany that my children all have dual nationality even though I am not actually married to their mother. Which means they are all entitled to a UK passport if needed. Don't see why your it would any different for your friend.
The passport right via parents runs for one generation. I'm dual nationality born in the UK so my son is entitled to a UK passport if he wants one despite being born and reigstered French, but his children will have to apply rather than having an automatic right.
I don't think you can any longer apply for a UK visa from within the UK. Usual route is to head off somewhere else and apply to the UK embassy there.
Whether they'll enforce this, who knows. I can't really see them making any exception, but good luck. It's pretty traumatising.
I was told here in Germany that my children all have dual nationality even though I am not actually married to their mother. Which means they are all entitled to a UK passport if needed. Don't see why your it would any different for your friend.
It's different because of what Edukator said. German and British citizenship law work on totally different bases: jus sanguinis v jus soli.
Has she read http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/partners-families/citizens-settled/children/ esp the bit about the SET(F)?
She needs proper advice from a legit immigration advisor or an experienced lawyer unfortunately...