Hi everyone,
I'm pregnant with my second baby. Last time I went home to Australia (where my husband and I are both citizens, we're both in Singapore on EPs) to have the baby, then moved back to Singapore. This time around, I'm going to have the baby in Singapore. But it's really hard to find information on how I'd go about getting an Australian passport for my newborn. The Aust High Commission here suggested I have to apply for 'citizenship by descent' for the baby, and then could apply for an Australian passport. But this seems to take at least two months to get the citizenship papers - and my sister-in-law is getting married in Australia one month after the baby is due!
Has anyone been through this process? How long did it take? Is there an 'express' way to do it? Also, what exactly does the SG hospital (I'll go to NUH) give you when the baby is born - is it a birth certificate or just an acknowledgement of the birth that you need to convert to a birth certificate... somewhere, somehow?
Really appreciate any advice!