Bipin Dani
Akaai, the second child of Virat and Anushka, recently reported to be born in the UK will not be entitled to receive UK Citizenship, according to Dr. Sudhir Shah, an advocate and a Visa consultant, practicing in Mumbai since last 50 years.
Virat Kohli and Anushka’s Sharma are / were reported to be in England for the birth of their second child-son Akaai.
Speaking exclusively, he said, “unlike the USA where if a child has taken birth on US soil, then irrespective of whether the mother is a USA Citizen or not, whether she is legally in USA or is staying there as an undocumented Immigrant, that child automatically receives USA Citizenship as per the provisions of US Constitution but the same is not the case with UK”.
Elaborating the rules, he says, “if a child is born in UK on or after 1st January 1983 and at the time when the child was born, either of his/her parents were British Citizen or settled in UK or A child born in UK on or after 1st January 1983 then upon becoming 18 years of age and since his birth one of his/her parents have become a UK Citizen or got permission to stay in UK permanently or the child has lived in UK until he was 10 year or more then he/she may be eligible to receive Citizenship of UK”.
“A child can register if he/she is under 18 years of age to become a British Citizen if one of his/her parents considered UK as their home and become a British Citizen or got indefinite leave to remain in UK or got settled status or got indefinite leave to enter UK or got Permanent Residence Status.
For this the child must have been born in the UK and should be below the age of 18 years when he/she applies”.
Regrettably Akaai, the child of Virat and Anushka, recently born in the UK will not be entitled to receive UK Citizenship.
