Told my wife about this and she's happy for me to provide a full service as long as she gets half of the cash
I believe Americans also need a DNA test to prove paternity. Probably be introduced into the UK system too, because of these damned crooks. When are the government going to contact all existing 'parents' who have declared paternity in this way...or are they going to go down the usual route these days of non-investigation, and non-punishment...especially where 'minorities' are involved ? Soft-touch UK... unless you were actually born here, pay taxes, and lead an honest and productive life, but are caught parking somewhere you shouldn't have.
This article is disingenuous, a DNA paternity test has been in the existing legislation since at least June 2006 when the UK law on automatic British citizenship for children of British fathers changed, while it is possible to avoid a paternity test it's going to be nigh on impossible to get children into the UK without a marriage in place or without a DNA test in the case of unmarried couples. The statement at the end "In the UK there is no requirement for DNA testing when registering a birth or applying for a child's British passport" may technically be true although I am not sure about that, however the law on citizenship absolutely provides for the requirement for DNA testing where there is no marriage, I know I had to do this for my daughter 15 years ago.
There was certainly no mention of a DNA test when I procured a British passport for my Philippines-born son in 2017, and it is still my understanding that 'normal' procedures do not require DNA testing. Reference the above article, I wish they did ! Though his mother and I were married soon after, we were not actually married at the time of his birth. I WAS interviewed in person by a Passport Office official back in the UK, however, before final processing of the passport. (He's now on his second one)
You are married even if a little bit late, in that case as long as all the dates match up and the mother had no previous marriage then they won't ask any further questions, if there is no marriage at the time of the application they will absolutely ask questions and the scenario in question in that article is about the 'no marriage' scenario. It's possible they became more lax in the last 15 years but I had a hell of a time trying to get my daughter's citizenship and passport in late 2008 and early 2009, I am not married to her mother even today as she was previously married to a South Korean.
