Expat -- Want to give birth in UK

[buzylizzie92]

Good morning beautiful ladies,

I am British married to an Egyptian and living in his home town. Me and DH are thinking of babies at the moment and we are looking at our options. I'd really like to travel to the UK for the birth to be near friends and family who matter. I knw tht the NHS will not cover the expenses since I am not a resident. But i wanted to knw if was ok following up with a Dr here but actually having the birth over there. Like how the NHS looks at it and whether i need to be registered with a GP and what procedures might be

Ah I see so they just changed it. MIL came back in 2015 and was instantly qualified. But she was genuine in her settling back to the U.K. She would have been stuck if it took 6 months to be qualified, given her health.

All of these rules are making it harder and harder for people coming back to settle after working overseas.

@HeadDreamer they really are! I got quite cross about it at the time but have my beautiful boy now so try to focus on that rather than my bank balance

Like the OP, I'm a British citizen born abroad, married to a non-Brit. My children, who are also born abroad have British citizenship. @Soundsettings has explained the rules regarding citizenship correctly. The consulate explain that brits in the same situation as Op's child or my children can still pass on British citizenship to their own children if they return to live in the UK for a minimum of 3 years at some point in their life.

If the citizen by descent has a child (outside the U.K.), it has to be registered as a British citizen. It is not a natural born British citizen.

This should be a formality (an expensive one) if the citizen by descent has good ties to the U.K., ie by living for at least three years in the U.K.

Currently the registration fee is about £1000, but I would also assume there are various costs that arise before you can even begin this process.

Without comparing medical/midwifery care, the financial cost of travelling to the U.K. (which, to be fair, is going to happy anyway as you will want your family to see the newborn), and paying private medical costs should be offset by this registration fee and the private medical costs in Egypt.

The costs privately are between £10-15k, that's on the basis there are no complications. With complications that will significantly increase.