When would /did you fly first time with your newborn baby?

we flew from New Zealand to Germany when our son was 4 months old. That added up to around 30 travel time. It was OK since he slept quite a bit.
I would also advise to feed strategically when the plane is starting and landing to ease the pressure on babies ears. Mind: don't start when the plane is positioned on the runway, but start when it is taking off. Sometimes planes take forever to get into the air and your baby might have drank up all the milk.

yes, babies do have jetlag, so you will have some company with yours. Howeve, our baby adjusted much faster then the rest of us. just get a routine going and expose her to a lot of light during daytime.

Don't worry. we flewn quite a bit since then and things were quite easy at the beginning it is getting much tricky now as our baby is older, sleeps less and wants move around all the time.

Good luck
 
i took my 3 weeks old baby to philippines, he is not a crying baby so i guess he did not react to the air pressure. people ask if he is breastfeeding or awake on tako off and landing, but he is up. (its like older kids need to chew on gum for the air pressure
immigration needs birth certificate, and his sticker (status sticker in the passport) but not critical, i get away with it.. we are going back again for xmass
 
question re citizenship

I have a question for the Australian and British mothers on this board.

I'm British and my SO is Australian. I have Australian citizenship but have not lived in Britain since immigrating at birth.

I wonder what do I need to do to gain citizenship for my baby once it arrives (or should I start arranging this before the due date). I would like to get both British and Australian, if possible.

Would greatly appreciate any advice.

Thanks, Tutor1
 
Hi tutor1, I would suggest contacting the British consulate in HK, they are very helpful and answer questions very quickly.

Were you born in the UK? Do you hold a British passport? If so then your child should automatically get British citizenship regardless of where they are born and regardless of your SO nationality.

The problem comes if you are British by descent, for example, I am British but my parents were working abroad when I was born. Because my husband is not British and our son was born her in HK, he is not entitled to a British passport- very annoying, and rather unfair!

Once your baby is born you just need to apply for a British passport as you would apply for once yourself.

However if your child is not born in the UK, and they go on to marry a non British citizen, and their children are born outside the UK, their children will not be entitled to British citizenship!
 
bekyboo44 said:
The problem comes if you are British by descent, for example, I am British but my parents were working abroad when I was born. Because my husband is not British and our son was born her in HK, he is not entitled to a British passport- very annoying, and rather unfair!
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There was another GeoBaby Mom who had the same problem. I think it was her husband who was British by descent, (he was born here) and their son was born here too. They had a bit of trouble getting their son a British passport, but after appealing to the consulate they finally approved his application for citzenship.
 
Thanks.

Thanks very much.

I'll do that - I was born in Britain so maybe my child will be entitled to automatic citizenship. Great!
 
My parents are British (ethnic Chinese) and I was born in HK, so I became British by descent. My husband is a local HK-er

My daughter was born in HK and I was able to get a British passport for her. At first the consulate asked for my naturalisation papers (which I've never ever had), all I had were some of my previous passports (not the very first baby one though). It took them about 3-4 weeks to do some investigating back in the UK before we got everything approved.

So its really important to keep those old passports unlike my parents who were unaware how important these things will become in like 30 years time ....

The form for the eligibility sticker on the passport is:-

http://www.immd.gov.hk/pdforms/rop145.pdf

although I've yet to get one for my daughter. It's quite an easy process apparently.
 
I will be travelling to UK in mid-Jun and need to get a British Passport for my son. I am a full British Passport holder as I was born in UK hence my son will not have a problem gaining one. When is the best time to apply for my son's passort as I do not know how long it take to process one? Do I need to go in person with my baby or is there a postal system and I pick up the passport in person? Appreciate any advice.
 
I would reccomend visiting the british consulate website here in hk.
You can apply for passport in person, or by post. It doesn't take that long, but the earlier you apply, faster it will be done. When you fill in the application form it asks you when you will be travelling, so assume they take that into account when processing it.
Not sure if it takes longer to get a brand new passport, than to reapply for an existing one.
All the info. is on the consulate website. They are also very helpful if you need any advice.
 
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