Joint nationality

[Frozenpeas]

I don't know if I'm posting in the right place but I'm expecting a baby in May and I'm English and the father is French. We would like him/her to have both our nationalities and if possible an English and French passport. I know very little about this and have no idea where to start.

[Whickerman]

here's a link from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationali ty_law#Dual_nationality_and_dual_citizenship

Seems it's pretty straightforward - your child appears to be entitled to both.

[R1Man]

How could you let a Froggy near you, have you no standards? Move to France, you are officially contaminated!

[fredpuli47]

Under French law your child becomes a French national on birth by virtue of having one parent who is a French citizen or of French nationality.Accordingly he or she may have a French passport too. (There are bound to be lots of forms to fill in exactly and lots of paperwork to produce, in several copies, but,hey, that's a good introduction to French ways and bureaucracy for both mother and child !)

[Myriad2112]

Why would you want the poor little thing to be officially half French? Just don't tell anyone and you might get away with it. :)