[d1sxeyes]

That’s interesting, no requirement for parental birth certificates?

I was asked to provide (I am British, wife is Hungarian, living in Hungary) both parents’ birth certificates and all four grandparents’ birth certificates.

My wife is not in touch with her father, so we had to submit a cover letter explaining the situation, which was accepted (although I don’t really see why it was relevant anyway, my son’s Britishness is derived from my Britishness, her nationality and the nationality of her parents is essentially irrelevant).

We also didn’t have to copy the passport of anyone else, but we did have to have a family friend do the confirmation online (family friend is a lawyer in the UK, so was on the list of approved jobs for this).

[stevekemp]

In my case, as a British citizen married to a European living outside the UK, I had way fewer requests/demands for documentation.

All I needed to do was submit my own details, and a copy of both the marriage certificate and birth certificate for the child.

The assumption was made that as a married couple the child had me as the father, and as I'm British then so were they.

No references at all to grandparents, or even the mother's details, in the online wizard I filled out. Quite a quick process, which reminds me I probably need to renew their UK passport since it has expired a couple of years back.

[dogmatism]

Were you born before 1983? It seems that makes it easier

[stevekemp]

Maybe that's the difference, but yes I was.

[jameshh]

> although I don’t really see why it was relevant anyway, my son’s Britishness is derived from my Britishness, her nationality and the nationality of her parents is essentially irrelevant

This is essentially happened to me, the "75% of the initial doc requests turned out to be irrelevant" was referring to this sort of thing.

[new299]

Parent of applicant but not grandparents, at least in my case.