ancestry visa and pregnant

carebear256
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Location: LONDON

Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:05 am

 

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I have been living in the uk for over a year now, just changed from a working holiday maker visa to an ancestry one in november and i have just discovered that im pregnant!
what are my options on staying in the uk and having my child here? my partner and i dont really want to get married just yet but I'm thinking this may be our only option, anyone please?

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riverfox
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:25 am

 

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I haven't had to deal with this eventuality myself. I would think that as you are there on an ancestry visa, you are eligible for care with the NHS, if you haven't registered with a doctor already you should.

If your child is born in the UK I believe it would be a UK citizen with citizenship in canada as well.

I'm not exactly sure why you feel that you need to get married in order to make this work?

Once you've resided in the UK for 5 years you can apply for Indefinate leave to remain so you won't have to worry too much about being forced to leave I don't believe.

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mari-mac
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:55 am

 

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I agree with Riverfox - there shouldn't be anything wrong with you have a baby here and you are eligible for a NHS doctor.
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Tigerlea
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2008 3:48 pm

 

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I just spoke to my boyfriend (who is a British national) and he says that there is no problem if you were to give birth in the UK. You and your partner do -not- have to get married, the baby will have dual citizenship (assuming your partner is also British or a UK citizen) because as long as one parent is a UK citizen, it,too, is considered a UK citizen (as well as with Canada).

Also, congratulations!

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carebear256
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:23 am

 

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thanks so much! i thought i had read somewhere that we had to be married at the time of birth for our child to be a uk citizen, obviously read wrong!

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Tigerlea
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:35 am

 

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My boyfriend just sent me this:

"Example 2: A person born in Canada after January 1, 1983 to parents who are respectively a Japanese citizen and a British citizen (otherwise than by descent) is entitled to triple citizenship at birth. Lex sanguinis applies for British and Japanese citizenships through parental blood relationships, and lex soli applies for Canadian citizenship because of birth on Canadian soil."

This is from the Wikipedia entry on dual-citizenship ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_citizenship ). I'm pretty sure it'll work the same way for your child being born in the UK, whether you're married or not.

I hope this helps to ease your mind a bit.

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