> Hi there
>
> I have all the unabridged certificates needed, but not birth
> certificates for my children born in the UK. Anybody else had this
> situation -your children was born in another country, but you have a
> different citizenship than the country they were born in? We are South
> African living in the UK.
> I did get Full unabridged ones, issued in the UK by their registry.
> Will this be enough?
>
> We are still SA citizens, although my children qualify for UK
> passports by birth (we have PRes here, been here almost 7 years).
> Do I have to get the South African birth certificates for them?
>
> Hoping UK birth cert's will be enough -takes ages to get anthing out
> of Africa!
>
> Is it a requirement that it should be issued by the country of
> citizenship?
>
> Thanks everybody
>
> Bianca http://www.saaustralia.org/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif
If I'm not mistaken birth certificates can only be issued by the
authorities in the country of birth.
So if your kids were born in the UK, it's a UK birth certificate you'll
need, regardless of citizenship at time of birth.
Peter
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