To think she should be entitled to British passport because of me?

[Sociallyineptturtle]

Trying to get my ten week old dd’s passport sorted. I was born here to Irish parents and hold an Irish passport. My mum was also born here but was raised in Ireland. My dad born and raised in Ireland. I have always held an Irish passport but my birth cert says I was born in London etc so I think I could get a British passport without any problems?

anyway, apparently I need to supply my mums birth cert and marriage cert to prove dd is entitled to a British passport. I didn’t have this trouble with my first dd? My birth certificate was enough! This has been going on since she was born so almost ten weeks..

i have supplied:
her (British) birth cert
my (British) birth cert
my (Irish) passport

now they want
my mums (British birth cert)
her marriage cert.

is this normal!? It’s impossible to get anyone on the phone!!?

Why not get an Irish passport. It gives your child the right to live and work in both UK and the EU - much better than a UK passport.

Thank you. I thought my situation would be difficult as I wasn't born in the uk.

She is a British citizen because born in the UK to Irish parents resident here. I usually include a covering letter with applications spelling out what rules I'm claiming passports under, to avoid confusion, and have never had problems. Do you have documentation proving that you were resident here at the time of her birth? I have always found that the birth cert was accepted as evidence of this, but I guess you could offer to supply further evidence (council tax etc)?

Will definitely do the complaint form to see if someone can look into it! What an absolute faff. I was born in 93 so after the rules changed, but my mum was also born here. Both her and my dad were raised (dad also born) in Northern Ireland too so it’s still the UK!? Absolute nightmare, especially when wait times are already so long!

my husband is from South Africa so is zero help when it comes to this 😂 I do intent to get her an Irish one but wanted her to have both (my first dd holds both an Irish and a British one).