Nationality

Guide to naturalisation as a British citizen

8% of applications for naturalisation as a British citizens are rejected by the Home Office, without the fee being returned. These guides aim to inform people wishing to become British of common pitfalls in the process.

HOME OFFICE NATIONALITY GUIDANCE
BRITISH CITIZENSHIP GUIDANCE

Guidance on how to consider an application to naturalise or register as a British citizen.

BRITISH NATIONALITY GUIDANCE

Cross-cutting and unusual topics common to all types of British nationality (see below) such as deprivation, adoption, domicile, surrogacy and more.

TYPES OF BRITISH NATIONALITY

Quick walk through of the 6 different types of British nationality

ONLINE BRITISH NATIONALITY CHECKER

Checks whether you might automatically have acquired British nationality

EU citizens and British citizenship

Information for EU citizens considering applying for British citizenship

Good character

An applicant for naturalisation as a British citizen must prove they are “of good character”. But what does this mean? In this eposts we explore different aspects of what lawyers call the “good character test”.

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In a really interesting case, the High Court has held that issue estoppel prevents His Majesty’s Passport Office from refusing to issue a passport to an applicant, because of a

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24th July 2024
BY Alex Piletska

The High Court has found that a decision to refuse to register a child as a British Citizen was lawful, despite the “barely stated” reasons given. The case is R

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22nd July 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

Immigration and nationality law as it relates to international adoption is undoubtedly complex and a topic with which only a few practitioners are familiar. There are numerically very few international

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28th June 2024
BY nathgbikpi

The High Court has held that the decision made by Suella Braverman not to implement recommendations made in Wendy Williams’ review into the Windrush scandal was unlawful. The recommendations specifically

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26th June 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

The British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Act 2024 was one of the final pieces of legislation passed by the government before dissolution and when brought into force it will provide an

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4th June 2024
BY Sonia Lenegan

In Onuzi (good character requirement: Sleiman considered) Albania [2024] UKUT 144 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal dunks on my old case of Sleiman: This certainly narrows down the available arguments in

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23rd May 2024
BY Colin Yeo