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Who Can Be a Referee in a British Citizenship Application?
By Aaron Durban-Richardson - Legal Associate

When making an application to become a British citizen, one of the most important requirements that will be encountered is in relation to the rules surrounding the selection of referees. Given the nature of...

 this application, and the Home Office’s view (expressed in their guidance) that applying for citizenship “is not an entitlement” but rather a privilege, it should come as no surprise that strict...

No-Notice Citizenship Deprivation Under the Nationality and Borders Act 2022
By Anna Bregstein - Pupil Immigration Barrister

This blog is no stranger to the increasing number of challenges against citizenship deprivations. Despite the absence of Home Office data since 2019, ‘transparency data’, Freedom of Information requests and...

 sporadic national security reports suggest a sharp rise and a corresponding increase in the number of challenges.  The controversial dispensation of the requirement to give notice was intensely debated...

Update on Returning Resident Visa Rules (October 2023)
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In September 2022, we presented a comprehensive guide on the ‘UK Returning Resident Visa’ in two parts, Part 1 and Part 2. These posts shed light on the intricacies of returning to the UK for those whose...

 indefinite permission to enter or stay had lapsed. However, significant changes have taken place in the immigration landscape in the year 2023. The Immigration Rules for returning residents, originally...

Indefinite Leave to Remain vs. British Citizenship Explained
By Rosanna Atkinson - Legal Associate

In this post, we discuss the similarities and differences between Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and Naturalisation as a British Citizen. Understanding these two paths to residency and citizenship is crucial for...

 anyone navigating the complex landscape of UK immigration law. Indefinite Leave to Remain, or ILR, grants individuals the right to reside in the UK without immigration time restrictions. On the other hand,...

Applying Begum Principles to Non-National Security Deprivation Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In its OPEN Judgment in D5, D6 & D7 v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Deprivation/exclusion – Substantive) SC/176/2020, SC/177/2020 & SC/178/2020, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC),...

 confirmed that the principles laid out in (Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2021] UKSC 7  regarding deprivation appeals apply, not only to national security cases, but generally...

Updated British Citizenship Good Character Guidance
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The British Nationality Act (BNA 1981) contains a good character requirement, which applies to certain applications for registration as a British citizen and naturalisation as a British citizen for those over 10...

 years old at the date of application.   The good character requirement previously only applied to applications for British citizenship by naturalisation, but in 2010 this was extended to other routes to...

Updated UK Returning Resident Visa Rules 2023
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In September 2022 we published ‘UK Returning Resident Visa – A Practical Guide’ in two parts: part 1 and part 2.  This post examines the recent changes to this category and updates the previous articles.  Prior...

 to 2023 the Immigration Rules for returning residents were amended in 2018. What Are the Rules for Returning Residents? If you held Indefinite Leave to Enter or Remain when you last left...

Update on British Citizenship for Children of EEA Nationals
By Jasmine Theilgaard - Immigration Barrister

In our previous article, we discussed the complexities arising from the case of R (on the application of Roehrig) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 31 (Admin) for children of EEA nationals...

 and their potential claims to British citizenship. This case raised the question of whether the Secretary of State had been correct to treat children born before  2 October 2000 to EU citizens residing in...

More Guidance on British Citizenship Deprivation Appeals
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

In its judgment in Chimi (deprivation appeals; scope and evidence) Cameroon [2023] UKUT 00115 (IAC), published on 19 May 2023, the Upper Tribunal again provided guidance on deprivation of British citizenship appeals,...

 particularly their scope and the evidence that the Tribunal can consider. The headnote of the judgment reads: (1) A Tribunal determining an appeal against a decision taken by the respondent under s40(2)...

Applying for a Replacement Naturalisation or Registration Certificate
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

In this post, we explain how to apply for a replacement naturalisation or registration certificate when an original naturalisation or registration certificate is lost, damaged or stolen. What Is a Naturalisation...

 or Registration Certificate? Where there is no automatic claim to British citizenship, naturalisation and registration are the legal processes through which a child or an adult can become a British...

Regaining British Citizenship After Renouncing It
By Isabella Reynard - Pupil Immigration Barrister

This post focuses on how to regain your British citizenship after renouncing it. There are a number of reasons why you may decide to renounce your British citizenship, including if you wish to gain a nationality...

 or citizenship of a country that does not permit dual citizenship or multiple nationalities.   Following renunciation of your British citizenship, you will receive a declaration of renunciation. But, how...

ILR in the UK Based on Family Relationships
By Taya Sayekaya - Legal Associate

In this post, we provide an overview of the routes to indefinite leave to remain (ILR) or settlement not covered in the first of our  two blog posts: Quickest Ways to Get ILR in the UK and 5 Year Work and Business...

 Routes to Settlement in the UK. This post will consider the 5 year routes to settlement which are based on family relationships, other routes and the 10 year long residence route to settlement in the UK....
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