Riven - that sounds awful. My DS has dual nationality because he was born in the US, although both DH and I are British. His US passport (which I got when we lived there) expired and I keep putting off renewing it, as it seems such a palaver. We are in Scotland and you can do it in Edinburgh but there still seems to be a huge number of bureaucratic dos and don't.

Ooops, sorry for the hijack.

OP - hope you're feeling better about things.

I'm wigth little ducks but I think my dh has enough docs to get our dc his nationality without me.

I'm a little nervous.

I'm UK, ds is UK, DH isn't but has other european nationality but from a place where I'd have very few rights as a non-national.

I also hold my maiden name, ds has dh name so I need to ensure I link myself to my lovely little one.

With the arrival of DS1 I had finally caved in and gone down the double-barrelled route for my last name, so DCs' last name would at least feature in mine. I am married to their father as it happens, however have never officially changed my name until the whole issue with travelling arose.

Brangelina, I have had the same problem because my passport (french) was at maiden name so it was different from my dcs.
In a strange way, it has only caused problem on the way out from france (with the dcs having an UK passport - so much easier to get than the french one. We too have to go to the ambassy now [grr]).
But I have had no problem since I have updated my own passport.

DD has a different id card to me as she doesn't qualify for British nationality (or would have done if I'd had the correct info from the consulate in time, but that's another story...). What's worse is that she can go on DP's passport but could never go on mine, although that's never going to happen as I'd rather she had her own.

It's a pain as we always get the third degree at UK immigration and I always have to carry a copy of DD's birth certificate with me to prove that yes, I am her mother and not a child trafficker.

hasn't accried enough time

They gave us hell when we went to get the permanent residents visa. While DH is American he had acrued enough time in the US to pass on his nationality. So we had to go the permanent resident route (he couldn't get a work visa for us to travel on as he's American).
Be there at 8am
Wait with fractious children 3 hours. All of us interviewed and the children asked if they plan to commit acts of terror/sexual deviency etc. They were 9, 8 and 6.
Sent to medical place and offered 32 vaccinations to fulfil criteria all at the same time. Like thats safe.
Back to embasyy where after further 3 hour wait we were turned down. The staff member was rude, inconsiderate, failed to tell us you can apply for a waiver of the vaccination requirements and left us in tears knowing dh was leaving for the US 4 days later and we couldn't follow.
Its was awful. We (and dh) were treated like dirt or foreign scum.
(same thing happnend with the INS when we arrived with our visas in DC. The INS are complete tossers)

I thought they were quite nice. We were in and out in 45 minutes, one of the Marines carried DDs buggy up the steps (please move the gun away from my DDs face, Sir!) and the Consular officer gave me a cup of coffee.

Then again, I did have an Epipen

I have friends who is french and has french passport, her DH has an english passport and their DS has a NZ passport, however if they have any more DC"s they will have joint english/french passports as the law has changed recently in NZ.

The London Embassy is awful. Rude staff and they make you wait for hours. They treat you like dirt.

Oh, right, yeah, mine have been 10-year ones for a loooonnggg time .

The consulate just does 'em by appointment for kids and you're in and out in record time.

Got the passports back in a week, too.

But my folks paid for them .

its kids or those who's last passports were issued before 16.

Well, I just did it last month and sent my stuff to the Consulate, so I'd phone them up and ask them.

I did have to do the kids' passports in person, as they are minors and it was a first-time passport app for two of them.

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here says you have to apply in person.

I just did mine by post. Twas easier.

On the embassy website it says its no longer possible to do it by post.
I hope my kids don't move to the US as I could never visit. I'm scared of flying, I left the US without telling the DoJ so my green card is cancelled and could never het travel insurance for dd given her problems and US health costs.
ds1 was considering a US university

Yep, my children and DH have a different nationality to me (as well as being British) - I trust my DH 100% as he does me.

DS has US and UK as he was born in New York. DH and I both have UK only.

I hope he doesn't move there to live permanently when he's older (as we'd miss him!), but it's great for him if he wants to study or work out there.

There may be jealousy from any future siblings who are born here in the slightly less glamorous Greenwich though

We have a consulate in Edinburgh that does US passports, so it's not too bad.

They can also be renewed by post.

DH and the kids are all dual nationals. Except number 4. She doesn't qualify for a US passport.
Doesn't bother me. Their passports are all run out now and to renew the US ones now means going in person to the Embassy in Lodnon (must be very convenient to those in Scotland) with the US parent. Isn't likely to happen.

my children have British and German passports, I have a German apssport, dh a British one. Doesn't cause me any worries, although when the children and I travel with different passports, passport control always takes longer as they seem to make more checks.

'So I am the only one with just one passport. I have never thought about dh taking dd to the US but I do sometimes feel sad that she might very well go there to live.'

My children will likely have a better quality of life there. They, too, are dual nationals, as I am.

I'm pretty well-resigned to their going to live there.

For me, it cuts both ways. If things should go wrong it would be equally unnatural to facilitate separation from father iyswim.

Similar here. I'm UK, but dh is US dual with UK as is dd. So I am the only one with just one passport. I have never thought about dh taking dd to the US but I do sometimes feel sad that she might very well go there to live.

So your kids also have British citizenship?

I'm UK and we live in the UK. DH has British citizenship.

Hello I'm here, sorry for popping back so late and thank you for all your replies!

I think I must be neurotic . DH has given me no reason to be nervous but I think my subconcious is telling me that it's unatural to facilitate potential separation from my kids should things go 'wrong'. I guess similar to littlesuck concerns.

I accept that there is absoutely nothing I can do about it, or indeed, shoud do about it but it still feels a bit unnerving.

where did the OP go?

To go against the tide my kids only have and will only have British passports, dh is entitled to a Pakistani pasport/ID card but hasnt yet had one made (but only just had his British passport renewed after it expired years ago)

My kids cousins have both really only to save money on visas even though they dont visit Pakistan much, I would rather pay for visas tbh but i do have very specific fears about the possibility of the kids not being returned if our marriage broke down

As Pakistan specifically isnt to great at cooperating in these circumstances i didnt want to risk it

I prob should be more trusting but I know dh would hate to be seperated from his kids....

DD and DS have US/UK passports.

I only have US citizenship with indefinite leave to remain. Probably should get British Citizenship.

My children have British passports, as does dh. But I have a Dutch one. Am not worried

DS has an American passport and I don't. But then he also has a British one and DH doesn't....

My son has a swedish and a british passport. I only have a british passport. We don't share the same surname (he has my husband's surname which I haven't taken yet). None of this bothers me, although when he was born it felt very important to me (for reasons that I struggle to explain)to register his birth with the british embassy and get him a british passport in addition to his swedish one.

I have an Irish and a British passport but DD can only get a British one.

My friends daughter has THREE! Australian (from her dad) American (from her mum) and British - not sure how but seems to be something to do with descent from her grandparents.

Why are you nervous? Do you live in the US?

Mine have British pass ports, but are also in my passport. It does not bother me that we have different nationalities but it does bother me that after 16 years I can still not vote in general elections here.

Both my DCs have UK/NZ passports, I hold NZ only, DH holds UK only. I'm not concerned about this, neither is DH.

I'm American and my children and I are both US/UK nationals, but DH is only a UK national.

It doesn't bother him.

When DD1 was born she was both US/UK but I didn't qualify for UK nationality at the time.

My DS has a US and a British passport. It will be great for him as an adult with regards to working and living in either place. Why are you nervous?

My children have Swedish passports and dh doesn't. He is calm. But then he trusts me.

Have you any reason not to trust your dh?

DH is American and I'm not and I feel a bit wierd that my children have US passports and I don't. It makes me feel a bit nervous for some reason.

Please talk some sense in to me!