CONFIRMATION OF THE CHILD’S CITIZENSHIP. WHAT NUANCES SHOULD YOU KNOW?

Today, many parents forget from the day of birth, do not have the opportunity due to important circumstances, or simply do not know about the paperwork for their child. Over time, when parents want to apply and obtain citizenship for their child, they face a bunch of nuances to prove their child's citizenship.

The first step is to confirm the citizenship of the minor.

First of all, it is important and should be remembered that a child can be and has the legal right to be a registered citizen of Ukraine by birth, no matter what citizenship his parents have - foreign or Ukrainian.

You, as the parents of a newborn, should know the first important thing - according to the legislation of Ukraine, a birth certificate in Ukraine is only a document confirming the fact of birth on the territory of Ukraine, and not obtaining citizenship. In order to confirm the fact of belonging to the citizenship of Ukraine, the parents of the baby should provide the necessary package of documents to the migration service at the place of residence of one of the parents. Subsequently, the package will be reviewed and verified within approximately three months. After all the preliminary stages passed, you will be able to receive a certificate of registration of your child as a citizen of Ukraine.

It is the confirmation of the child's citizenship that provides the child with the opportunity to receive free education on the territory of Ukraine in the future, the child will have the legal right to medical care, subsequently will have the basis for issuing a passport of Ukraine, will be able to enjoy all legal rights and freedoms on a level with citizens. Ukraine.

Another very interesting and important point: if the child's parents are citizens of another state, they will be able to legally obtain a permanent residence permit in Ukraine on the basis of a Ukrainian child.

But there are also persons who are citizens of Ukraine immediately at birth and have the right to confirm this through the submission of documents confirming the citizenship of Ukraine. These persons are, for example, if your parents or one of your parents had Ukrainian citizenship at the time of your birth. Or also, if the child's parents are officially recognized stateless persons (there is a document certifying this status) and their child was born on the territory of Ukraine. Also, a person born of foreign citizens on the territory of Ukraine, and who did not receive the citizenship of either parent by birth, or a person born of a refugee on the territory of Ukraine, and a child who was found in Ukraine, whose parents are unknown.

In order to submit a confirmation of the child's citizenship, you must first collect all the necessary documents, which are:

• It is obligatory to write or fill out an application of the established form on the acquisition by a person of citizenship of Ukraine by birth.
• Mandatory documents are a birth certificate, which is an evidence base for the fact of the birth of a child in Ukraine, as well as a passport document of one of the parents who has Ukrainian citizenship. If close relatives are foreigners, then the presentation of a residence permit in Ukraine, or confirmation of the status of stateless persons at the time of the birth of the child, documents confirming the stay of the person's parents in the citizenship of another state.

For additional documents, you should contact your lawyer, because he will make a legal analysis of your existing documents and give additional clarifications.

Further, obtaining a certificate will consist of two non-aggravating stages.

The first stage is always the submission of a pre-written application and official documents of the person who will issue a certificate for the child. I emphasize once again - the documents should be submitted and they are accepted at the migration service at the place of residence of the legal representatives of the person.

The next step is the result, which means obtaining the desired certificate of citizenship of Ukraine.

So, the process of obtaining a certificate of confirmation of the citizenship of Ukraine of a child in stages is not a difficult process, but it requires preliminary responsible and troublesome work in the preparation, collection and processing of your documents. Therefore, contact the lawyers in the field of migration of our company.