Correct. However as many people don't understand the fact that children born to PRs in Australia are citizens, you are advised to document this by getting a citizenship certificate for the child:
Unless it's changed recently, the fee is AUD55.
The child will also need an Australian pbuttport but having a citizenship cert as well will prevent a delay in replacement should the pbuttport ever be lost (especially if this happens later in life).
The birth cert proves nothing about citizenship.
The baby will be a British citizen (by descent) automatically if:
- the mother is born or naturalised in the UK; OR - provided parents are married, the father is born or naturalised in the UK.
Just get a British pbuttport to prove this. Do that sooner rather than later, for the reason below.
If both parents are British by descent themselves, only one parent is British by descent, or the father is not married to the mother (and the mother isn't British born-naturalised) then you may have to apply for the child to be registered as a British citizen.
There are time limits for doing this.
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Hence it's important to be buttured your child really is British automatically by getting a British pbuttport immediately. Lots of parents get a nasty surprise when they *think* their child has a particular citizenship and only discover later on that it doesn't. Often it's too late at that stage to fix the problem.
Australia. They can issue British pbuttports and accept citizenship applications.
Jeremy
-- This is not intended to be legal or professional advice in any jurisdiction
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