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Immigration staff guidance on applications for registration as a British citizen from children of British parents.
Immigration staff guidance on deprivation of British citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance providing historical background information on nationality and help with assessing citizenship claims.
Immigration staff guidance on considering automatic claims to citizenship based on a child’s relationship with their father.
Use this guidance to find out how your child can become a British citizen if you adopt in the UK from abroad.
Immigration staff guidance for when the applicant's nationality is doubtful or disputed.
Immigration staff guidance for registering British nationals as citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.
Immigration staff guidance on nationality applications and claims to British citizenship based on adoption.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider whether an individual is ordinarily resident in the UK.
Immigration staff guidance on what the full capacity requirement is for applications and what to consider before granting an application.
Immigration staff guidance on authority levels for decisions on British nationality applications based on different circumstances.
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from people who have previously renounced British citizenship and have applied to register as a citizen.
Immigration staff guidance on the background and rights of British overseas citizens and establishing if an individual has a claim to the citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider a person’s domicile based on assessing citizenship claims and applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
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