Updated 19.08.2026
CITIZENSHIP · FAMILY AFTERCARE
Citizenship and a passport for a child aftera second citizenship has been obtained
We arrange the documents of children born after their parents obtained citizenship: we check the child’s entitlement, register the required records and support the confirmation of citizenship and the issue of the first passport.
BRIDGES supports the arrangement of documents for children born after one or both parents obtained a foreign citizenship.
We check the applicable rules of the particular country, the documents of the parents and of the child, determine the required procedure and run the project from the registration of the birth and the preparation of civil documents through to the confirmation of citizenship and the issue of the child’s first passport.
You may come to us regardless of who originally arranged the parents’ citizenship.
- Citizenship
- Birth registration
- Documents
- First passport
- Family
Situation
Which situation applies to your family
Investment programmes
Children’s documents after an investment citizenship has been obtained
The procedure for a child born after a parent obtained citizenship is determined separately and does not repeat the rules of the original application.
- The child’s entitlementa check is required
- Birth registrationa check is required
- The citizenship procedurea check is required
- Documentsby country
- The first passporta check is required
- Presence and biometricswhere applicable
- Timingafter the check
- Costafter the check
The parameters of each programme are published once the current procedure has been verified. Until then the page states that the requirement is determined by a check.
Vanuatu
Vanuatu citizenship and a first passport for a child
- 01VANUATU PASSPORT — PARENT
- 02CHILD BIRTH CERTIFICATE
- 03CITIZENSHIP / REGISTRATION FILE
- 04CHILD PASSPORT
The procedure in force for a child born after a parent obtained citizenship is verified before the work begins. The rules of the original application are not carried over to such a case automatically.
Caribbean programmes
Children after citizenship of a Caribbean country has been obtained
For each country we check separately:
- whether the child was born before or after citizenship was obtained
- whether one or both parents are citizens
- birth registration
- citizenship registration
- Certificate
- passport
- the consents required
- the second parent’s documents
- Apostille / Legalisation
- translations
- government fees
- authorised agent requirements
- timing
Descent
A child’s citizenship through the citizenship and descent of the parents
If a parent obtained or confirmed citizenship by descent, by restoration or through another procedure, the child’s entitlement has to be analysed separately.
What is taken into account:
- the child’s date of birth
- the date and the legal nature of the parent’s acquisition of citizenship
- the second parent’s citizenship
- the child’s place of birth
- family status
- the chain of documents
- the requirements of the particular state
Hungarian citizenship for a child
- the parent’s citizenship
- the ground and the date on which it was acquired or confirmed
- the child’s birth
- civil registration
- the second parent’s documents
- the child’s name
- the birth certificate
- the translations required
- registration in the Hungarian system
- the passport procedure
A parent holding a Hungarian passport does not by itself settle the question of the child’s citizenship: the procedure and the entitlement are checked separately.
Route
From the birth of the child to the first passport
- 01CHILD BORN
The child is born after the parent obtained citizenship
- 02BIRTH REGISTRATION
Registration of the birth under the rules of the country of birth
- 03BIRTH CERTIFICATE
The child’s birth certificate
- 04APOSTILLE / LEGALISATION
Certification of the document for use abroad
- 05TRANSLATION
A translation in the format the country requires
- 06CITIZENSHIP REGISTRATION / CONFIRMATION
Registration or confirmation of the child’s citizenship
- 07CITIZENSHIP DOCUMENT
The document provided for by the law of the country
- 08PASSPORT APPLICATION
The application for the child’s first passport
- 09FIRST PASSPORT
The child’s first passport
The stages depend on the country: if the particular procedure does not require a stage, it is not part of the project.
Certificate
Preparing the child’s birth certificate
If the child was born in a third country, the foreign certificate may have to be prepared for use in the country of the parent’s citizenship.
Where required, we arrange:
- obtaining the document
- a re-issue
- Apostille
- Consular Legalisation
- Translation
- Certified / Sworn Translation
- registration actions
If the documents are missing
If the child’s documents are missing
We check whether it is possible to:
- re-obtain the Birth Certificate
- obtain a registry extract
- restore the document
- correct the record
- carry out an archive search
- obtain the parents’ documents required
Personal data
Aligning the child’s personal data between countries
- different rules for names
- a double surname
- transliteration
- a patronymic
- the mother’s or the father’s surname
- a change of the parent’s surname
- different spellings of the name across documents
We check that the whole set is consistent and determine the procedure required to correct or confirm the data.
Another agent
The parents’ citizenship was arranged not through BRIDGES
That is no obstacle to coming to us.
What we check:
- the parent’s passport
- the Citizenship Certificate
- the original file, where available
- the child’s Birth Certificate
- family documents
- the current procedure
If part of the documents is missing, we separately arrange their restoration or retrieval wherever that is possible.
We check whether we can take over the further support and determine a new permissible route of interaction.
A late arrangement
If several years have passed since the child was born
The parents may have:
- not known that registration was required
- postponed the arrangement
- lost the documents
- moved
- ended the relationship with the previous agent
We check whether the required procedure can be carried out now and which additional documents will be needed.
Several children
Citizenship documents for several children
- Child 01Born 2023Requires Review
- Child 02Born 2025Passport Required
- Child 03Born 2026Registration Required
ONE FAMILY PROJECT
An illustration of how a family matter is run. For your family the statuses are filled in with the actual data.
Project
Full support of the child’s documents
- 01Checking the parents’ citizenship
The passport, the citizenship document, the ground and the date on which it was obtained.
- 02Checking the child’s entitlement
We determine the applicable procedure and its legal nature under the law of the country.
- 03Preparing the civil documents
The birth certificate, the parents’ documents, the apostille, legalisation and translations.
- 04Registration or confirmation of citizenship
Filing with the competent authority, consents, government forms and handling of enquiries.
- 05Obtaining the citizenship documents
The document provided for by the law of the particular country.
- 06The child’s first passport
The application, biometrics where required, collection and delivery of the document.
The set
Family Citizenship File
- 01Parent Passport
- 02Citizenship Certificate
- 03Child Birth Certificate
- 04Marriage Certificate
- 05Consent / Parental Documents
- 06Apostille
- 07Certified Translation
- 08Citizenship Registration
- 09Child Citizenship Certificate
- 10First Passport
The particular set differs from country to country.
Cost
The cost is determined by the country and the family situation
- Government Feesper project
- Authorised / Local Procedureper project
- Document Preparationper project
- Translation / Legalisationper project
- BRIDGES Serviceper project
- Courierper project
- TotalAn individual calculation
There is no single price for this service: it is made up of government fees, the preparation of documents and the scope of support. Where a programme has a confirmed tariff, it is published on that country’s page.
Team
Who runs the family matter
The child’s entitlement and the procedure are determined by a lawyer, the documents from the country of birth are requested by a retrieval specialist, and the dealings with the authority and the passport part are handled by the project administrator.
Anna KovalevskayaHead of LegalThe child’s entitlement, the procedure and correspondence with the competent authority
Igor VencReal Estate Managing DirectorChecking the set and the consistency of the family’s documents
Maria StavruReal Estate AnalystRetrieval of documents and support of the passport issue
Daniel KovachSenior International Law AttorneyRepatriation and archive documentsFAQ
Questions about a child’s citizenship and documents
That depends on the law of the particular country. In some countries the child acquires citizenship at birth and only the registration of an already existing status is required; in others a separate application is needed. Acquisition, registration and confirmation are different legal actions, and which of them applies is determined from the documents.
In some countries it is; in others the second parent’s citizenship, the family status and the child’s place of birth matter. We check this before the work begins.
No, that is a different case and it is dealt with separately. Here the sequence of events is decisive.
Yes. That is no obstacle. We check the parent’s passport, the citizenship document, the original file where it is available, the child’s birth certificate and the family documents, and then determine the route.
We check whether we can take over the further support and determine a new permissible order of interaction with the competent authority or the authorised agent.
You can come to us beyond the first months. We check whether the procedure can be carried out now and which additional documents will be needed given the time that has passed.
As a rule a foreign certificate requires preparation: an apostille or consular legalisation and a translation in the required format. Where necessary we obtain the document or its re-issue.
We check whether a re-issue, a registry extract, restoration of the document, a correction of the record or an archive search is possible.
This is common in international families: transliteration, a double surname, a patronymic, a change of a parent’s surname. We check that the whole set is consistent and determine the procedure for correcting or confirming the data.
No, we run one family matter: each child has their own status and their own set of actions, but the parents’ documents, the translations and the dealings with the authority are shared.
That depends on the country and on whether biometrics are required for the first passport. It is established before filing so that the trip can be planned in advance.
There is no single price. The cost is made up of government fees, the preparation and legalisation of documents, translations, the work of the authorised agent where one is mandatory, and the BRIDGES support. We give the calculation once the situation has been checked.
The timing is set by the competent authority of the particular country and it differs greatly between programmes. We give a guide figure once the documents have been checked.
No, and no one can: the decision is taken by the state. We check the child’s entitlement before the work begins and say plainly if the procedure does not apply to your situation.
Checking the child’s entitlement
We will check the child’s entitlement and determine the applicable procedure
Tell us the parents’ citizenship, the date and place of the child’s birth and which documents you already have. We will determine the applicable procedure and name the scope of work.
A preliminary route is not a legal opinion. The child’s entitlement and the order of actions are checked against the law of the particular country.