Foreign visitor giving birth in the uk
Feb 14, 2009, 12:59 pm
#3
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It is not criminal to give birth in the UK if you are foreign. Not even if you are in the UK illegally.
Could your rephrase your 2nd & 3rd sentences as answering them would require me to make several assumptions about your status in the UK
Could your rephrase your 2nd & 3rd sentences as answering them would require me to make several assumptions about your status in the UK
Feb 14, 2009, 3:42 pm
#4
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There may be an issue as regards your status - so your "residency" in Uk would be different is you were there legally vs not....you say you're a "foreign visitor". What renewal were you refused...Visa? And what do you mean by "false identity"?
Sorry for all the clarification questions and welcome to FlyerTalk!
Feb 15, 2009, 3:02 am
#5
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is it criminal to give birth in the UK when u cant fly back to your country for health reasons. though unplanned and paid for to the last penny. cos i was recently refused a renewal based on that.
what does false identity mean as i registered in my name and date of birth on MY PASSPORT
what does false identity mean as i registered in my name and date of birth on MY PASSPORT
What is your immigration status in the UK. And what renewal is it that you were recently refused, and what was the reason for the refusal?
Feb 15, 2009, 4:16 am
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Many people come to the UK from, ahem, dodgier countries to give birth using our free system ....
And your kid gets British citizenship as well. What more could you want?
And your kid gets British citizenship as well. What more could you want?
Feb 15, 2009, 5:34 am
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Indeed, the principal reason for the change in the nationality laws in this respect was precisely because people were coming to the UK to give birth so that the baby would be a British citizen. Most other countries with a jus soli basis of citizenship have made similar changes (e.g. Australia in 1986, Ireland in 2004, New Zealand in 2005), and for the same reason. Just about the only "major" countries that still grant citizenship solely on the basis of birth in the territory are the USA and Canada.
Last edited by Christopher; Feb 15, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Feb 15, 2009, 6:10 am
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I suspect the refusal to either renew or extend your UK entry Visa was due to the advanced stage of your pregnancy.
Feb 15, 2009, 12:21 pm
#9
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Can you tell us under which visa are you in the UK?
What reason did you give for trying to extend your visa?
Why do they think you have given a false identity?
How pregnant are you?
What is your nationality & country of normal residence?
What is the nationality & country of normal residence of the father?
What reason did you give for trying to extend your visa?
Why do they think you have given a false identity?
How pregnant are you?
What is your nationality & country of normal residence?
What is the nationality & country of normal residence of the father?
Feb 21, 2009, 10:31 am
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ok Alan i was on a visit with a 6 months visa to the uk. 7 months pregnant, i developed complications and had to have my baby in the UK I paid £2,000 advance for delivery of my baby and paid the deposit of £108 on the day i was discharged , amounting to £2,108 i had to pay. i left for my country when my baby was ok to fly precisely 3 months 4days after my entry into the UK. My invoice shows my correct date of birth and names, but i was refused a renewal of my visa by the british commission in my country, saying i gave the hospital a false date of birth and names. But the invoice issued me by the hospital carrys the correct data. My refusal also says i gave birth in the uk when i stated i was going for site-seeing and shopping. i was shopping for the arrival of my baby!!!!!!!!!!
Does your invoice match your passport as far as name and DOB?
I don't like to say it but your story doesn't sound 100% genuine. If you were on a tourist visa and you have now had a child why do you want to return so quickly?
Can you tell us what country you were coming from? As you said that you visitied the "British Commission" can we assume you are coming from a Commonwealth country?
Feb 22, 2009, 5:35 pm
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Apr 1, 2009, 3:43 am
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OP is it possible some thing silly like the way the date is written may have caused the mistake. I just had that with my chinese agent organizing our trip around China. In germany we write it as in day month year and it other places it is year month day and even another version it is month day year.
Just have a look to see that it wasn't screwed up in some sort of way unintentionally.
Just have a look to see that it wasn't screwed up in some sort of way unintentionally.