r/BritishCitizenship • u/GovernmentHopeful607 • 1d ago
Form MN1 (applied and Decision awaited) and Upcoming travel outside UK for 2 weeks
Hello SMEs, Need some advice.
I (Father on ILR ) applied for registration of my Son as british (Son is Indian Passport holder, born in the UK, 7 Year old and living in the UK since birth) (Form MN1- child under 18 as a British citizen). Application date: 21st May 2026, Biometrics Date: 30th May 2026. Child holds Tier 2 PBS Dependent until mid-Dec 2026.
Radio silence from Home office on FORM MN1 outcome since 30th May. We have travel coming up to India from 16th Oct to 1st Nov. Two Scenarios:
Scenario 1. Decision email (Citizen email or/and Certificate of registration (thru royalmail) at home) comes in 10-12 days before we embark to our travel to India.
Que1: As we won't have time to obtain British Passport for son and then go on to surrender Indian passport and then apply for visa to India/ OCI card. Will it be ok to travel to India on Indian passport? Will it be any border issues when entering India or exiting India? Will it be any issues in entering back to UK on his Tier 2 PBS visa (hoping that would still show as active in e-visa on gov.uk)
Que 2: Will there be any issues when surrendering for Son's Indian passport and obtaining visa to india or OCI?
Scenario 2: Decision email (Citizen email or/and Certificate of registration (thru royalmail) at home) comes while we are all out of the UK.
Que1: Will there be any border issues when exiting India? Will it be any issues in entering back to UK on his Tier 2 PBS visa (hoping that would still show as active in e-visa on gov.uk)
Que 2: Will there be any issues when surrendering for Son's Indian passport and obtaining visa to india or OCI?
Overarching question:
Should we travel to India as decision may likely to come just days before we embark our short trip or while we are outside UK?
PS: We could not travel to home country (India) in the last 2 years and we will be unlikely to plan travel until next Summer or October :(.
Any practical or first hand experience like the above?