British Passport Eligibility

I checked with the British consulate today and my child is eligible!!! Now I just need to take a good passport photo!>!>!>
 
Yipee! What a relief. I was a hopeless new Mom, and with the non-stop feeds and explosive poos I couldn't get my act together. So I ended up taking D's passport photos myself. I just covered his bouncy seat with a white sheet and took around 6 shots with my digital camera. Put the best one on a CD and hubby took them to the Fotomax to get it printed.
 
you're lucky you were able to do that... the canadian passport photo restrictions are so strict that there are only a few places in HK that can actually take the correct photo!
 
I'm British born and have a British Passport, my husband born in HK has a HKSAR passport. My son born in HK was able to get a British Passport when I renewed mine this January. I also obtained a PIC on my son's passport to confirm that he has the right of abode in HK since he was born here and this gets converted to a child's HKID when he turns 11 years old. Furthermore the reason why I applied for this is for immigration purposes - the British Consulate told me that Immigration point do not accept baby's birth certificate on entry to HK - just something else parents bear in mind when applying for their children's british passport. If not you can apply for a HKSAR passport if the child is born in HK.
 
Thanks - How do I go about doing that? Do I have to also apply for the HKSAR Passport as well? In the form it says that I have to get the passport in order to get the ID card??
 
We applied and got everything available for our baby. He has more travelling documents than we do! To get HKID and passport they have forms at the Hong Kong immigration centres.
 
British citizenship

I have one question.

I am a British Citizen (born in UK) holding a British Passport but my husband was born in Hong Kong and has a HKSAR passport. Now, if I was to have the baby in Hong Kong, would I be able to apply for a British Passport only the mother is a British Citizen?
 
Yes, it doesn't matter which parent - this law isn't sexist.
I'm in the same position and all four of my children are British citizens (three of them were born in Hong Kong - two before the hand over and one after).
SARAH
 
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