Applying for passport for baby

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Wasn't sure of what topic to list under. I filled out the online form and they require me to send birth certs (original) for both sets of grandparents. I don't know my father and OH doesn't know his mother... so... I'll call the home office. But has anyone applied and gotten their baby a passport without grandparents documents? It's impossible for me to provide!! We were both born after 82.

Are neither you nor your dp British Citizens then?

I’ve just applied for ours and we didn’t have to provide this. It gives a long list of things you need to provide under certain circumstances but once you complete the form it said to us we just needed to provide the kids birth certificates. We were both born in the uk and have passports with matching surnames.

Are your circumstances different? If they are I’d recommend giving them a call to find out what to do.

We provided DS and DH's birth certificates but not grandparents or mine (lost, I'm not British). Got his passport in a week.

@titchy partner is British. I'm Australian. I'll call home office today as it's a bit weird. Other friends who one parent is foreign and one citizen haven't had to provide 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Sparadrap yeah I'll call them today. I might even apply with her fathers details as he's British. I'm only a perm resident. But still, they shouldn't need grandparents documents. Certainly not if he's a citizen

@Kay1341 interesting, this should be the same for us. It does seem odd. Will see what they say

Are you married?

Was he born in the UK?

These can make a difference.

If your partner was born in the UK then you won't need to provide the documents. If he was not then it is a little more complicated. Your partner should do the application and you should be listed as the second parent - it's a minor detail but it helps.

We found the online application much easier to do.

I second what they ^ said.

When I applied for DS's passport (I'm foreign), putting myself as parent one triggered the request but not when I did it opposite. I had all the birth certificates anyway though.

Has your partner got a British passport? If so, make sure you include his passport number in the online application form

Reread the form, if you fill in your passport number you can skip certain sections.

We called them up as I have a French and husband has British.. I sent my passport along with birth certificate for baby and got passport within 2weeks

Put your partner as the parent applying. His passport number will show he is a British citizen and that is what shows your lo is entitled to be a British citizen too

My DD recently applied for a passport for her DS. She had to add all the grandparent details. Both parents and all grandparents are British citizens born in the UK.

This booklet explains it all.
www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-a-passport

I had to provide one. Your partner can apply for his parents' birth certificates (one is fine) if he knows a name and date of birth. They are public records so anybody can order a copy, that's why a birth certificate isn't counted as ID (unless in conjunction with other things).

The online service seems to default to asking for everything. You dont necessarily need to send everything. There's been a few threads about it. If you put your partner first then his passport number with the child's birth certificate is probably all you will need

Original just means an official copy, not a photocopy.

From that booklet:

About grandparents:

If the applicant’s parents were born on or after 1 January 1983, you will also need to provide evidence of grandparents’ claim to British nationality by providing their birth certificates and, in the case of grandfathers, their marriage certificates.

This does not apply if
: the applicants parents’ British nationality is based on registration, naturalisation or their immigration status,
or the applicant has provided the British passport number for parents’ in Section 4 of the application form (p.s. the applicant is the baby).

@BrioLover yep! We will do this. He was born here. His passport has expired just last month so I'm wondering if that's generating the additional document request. I'll process his renewal first. Can't imagine why but better to do anyway.

@stucknoue doing online 🙂

I'm British and my partner isn't but we didn't have to provide grandparent details! We didn't do it online, don't know if that makes a difference! Wouldn't have thought so...

I have had to do the same both times I have had to renew DS' passports. Though I havent provided certificates, just details such as passport numbers, place of marriage etc etc. It's a palava but it's just one of those things!

Renewals dont need all that. Just the old passport and new application, photos, etc.

@SardineJam we dont know 2 of our parents you see.