...and my daughter was born at BMH Rinteln, which despite being in Germany is also Sovereign Territory. However she does not have a Birth certificate as we know it, but a photocopy of an entry into an official document of the British Consulate. Despite this, we have never had any problems at all with her integrity as a British National. It sounds like you got an ignorant jobsworth at the wrong time of the month. Doh! Am I allowed to say that nowadays?