FR.

PART IV [A]: CHILDREN BORN IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WHO ARE NOT

BRITISH CITIZENS.

Who

58A. Paragraphs 58E - 580 apply only to unmarried dependent children aged

neither under 18 who were born in the United Kingdom but/because ese of their parents was at a British citizen or settled in the United Kingdom at the

time of their birth, are not British citizens.

He

58B. A child to whom these paragraphs apply requires leave to enter. may have obtained leave to remain before he embarked from the United Kingdom, and where such leave has been obtained it will assist the immigration officer in deciding the child's claim to enter. It would be advisable for a child, or a parent on his behalf, to apply for leave to remain under paragraphs 117A - 117E if it is expected that the child will travel and seek readmission to the United Kingdom.

58c. A child who has not been away from the United Kingdom for longer than

2 years is to be given leave to enter for the same period and on the same conditions as his parents, on the immigration officer being satisfied that

he was born in the United Kingdom and is coming with, or to join his parents or a parent in the United Kingdom. If the parents have or are granted leaves

of different duration the child should be given leave for whichever period is

longer, except that if the parents are living apart the child should be given

leave for the same period and on the same conditions as the parent who has

day to day responsibility for him.

In this paragraph 'parents' and 'parent' includes the stepfather of a child

whose father is dead; the stepmother of a child whose mother is dead; and

the father as well as the mother of an illegitimate child. It may also

include a person who is not a parent, but only where there has been a genuine

transfer of parental responsibility on the ground of the parents' inability

to care for the child.

58D. A child will qualify for leave to enter under paragraph 58C irrespective

of any requirements elsewhere in these Rules which would otherwise apply as

to maintenance and accommodation and as to the presence in the U.K. of both

parents; and if he is travelling with parents neither of whom requires an

entry certificate, or is travelling without his parents, he need not have an

entry certificate himself. However a visa national will need to produce a

current visa.

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