nationalities

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Hi
My DH is English and I am French. I've lived here for 10 years and our DD is going to be born any minute from now in London. Do you know what nationality she will have/can have?
Any clarification of this rather 'hot' topic between my DH and I is welcome!!
thanks

I thought she'd have dual nationality.

Or can you claim either nationality and then have a passport for the other country?

Hi! I think your DD is here by now!
Shge'll have a dual nationality. First you need to get her birth certificate (long version) and send to passport office with loads of paperwork from you (call first to check what documents you need to send). Call your consulate to find out how to register her birth and get her French nationality registered (you'll need the birth certificate legalised by Foreign Office in Trafalgar Square).

Hi
As you are French, your child is French too. As her dad is English and she was born in UK, she will be British too. You need to take the paper from the blounty bag to the birth registry to register her birth. I sent DH to do this, as I was busy enough breastfeeding etc!

You need to register the birth locally in UK first and then you bring the British birth certificate to the French consulate to register your baby's birth. I think you don't even need to bring the baby, you can send the papers to the consulate but check this with them.

My DS has a British dad and I am French (10y here too), so DS has 2 passports as we were both very keen on each nationality.
It does not matter when you register the birth at the French consulate, having a French parent means your child is French even if she is born abroad.

Although, since both are EU countries, if you don't want to stump up for both passports, she can just have one or the other for now.

My DDs and I have two passports, but as one is not an EU country, we had to get both for them to travel back and forth.

It's easily enough done - both my mother and father also have two passports, as they are dual nationals!