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Good character - what has changed?
By Zarina Rahman

The British Nationality Act 1981 requires any person who is over the age of 10 who wishes to register or naturalise as a British Citizen to be of ‘good character’. This is not defined in the Act, but Home Office nationality policy guidance explains how ‘good...

 character’ will be assessed. This contains a non-exhaustive list of conduct that will mean an applicant is not of ‘good character’ including criminality, terrorism, financial soundness, notoriety deception and dishonesty and immigration-related...

Life in the UK Test - What is it and when is it required?
By Alexandra Pease

A Life in the UK test is ordinarily required for both ILR and citizenship applications.   The Life in the UK test was introduced in 2005 for citizenship applications and 2007 for ILR applications.  The plans were first introduced in 2002 by the then Home Secretary...

 David Blunkett. You do not need to take the test if you: are under 18; are 65 or over; have passed it before, many will have already completed the test when they applied to settle in the UK;  or have a long-term physical or mental condition. If an...

When is a child born in the UK to EU national parents British?
By Alex Papasotiriou

Section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (the “BNA 1981”), titled “Acquisition by birth or adoption”, provides: “(1) A person born in the United Kingdom after commencement, or in a qualifying territory on or after the appointed day, shall be a British...

 citizen if at the time of the birth his father or mother is— (a) a British citizen; or (b) settled in the United Kingdom or that territory.” In view of this, a child born in the UK to EU national (non-British) parents will be British by birth if...

Brexit: How does EU Settled Status fit with Naturalisation? Lawful residence and the ‘good character’ requirement
By Dr. Catherine Taroni

EU Settled Status is something of an anomaly.  Not only does it take five years’ continuous absence from the UK to lose this status, which is longer than for other grants of indefinite leave to remain, but, other than being someone eligible to apply and meeting...

 the suitability criteria, there are no elements of living lawfully that need to be proven.   Appendix EU’s ‘settled status’ will be indefinite leave to remain (ILR) for EEA nationals and their family members.  Applications for settled status...

Naturalisation as a British Citizen - A wide discretion
By Zarina Rahman

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission has given an open judgment in relation to the statutory review of decisions by the Secretary of State to refuse applications for citizenship by relatives of Bashar Al-Assad, in the case of LA, MA, RA, SAA v Secretary...

 of State for the Home Department SN/63, 64, 65 and 67/2015. Section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 gives the Secretary of State the discretion to grant a certificate of naturalisation to a person who fulfils the requirements, ‘if he thinks...

Appeals against deprivation of British citizenship
By Alex Papasotiriou

In an earlier blog post, we covered the scope of the Secretary of State’s statutory power to deprive an individual of their British citizenship. In this post we will explore the scope of an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal against a decision to make a deprivation...

 order (section 40A(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981). In Arusha and Demushi (deprivation of citizenship – delay) [2012] UKUT 80, the Upper Tribunal endorsed the uncontested rulings of the First-tier Tribunal on the nature and scope of an appeal...

Deprivation of British citizenship
By Alex Papasotiriou

Who said immigration woes are reserved for the non-British? Section 40 of the British Nationality Act 1981 (“1981 Act”) affords the Secretary of State a power to deprive an individual of their British citizenship on two occasions: If the Secretary of...

 State is satisfied that deprivation is “conducive to the public good” (section 40(2)); or If the Secretary of State is satisfied that the registration or naturalisation (from which the citizenship resulted) was obtained by means of: Fraud, False...

New nationality provisions in the Immigration Act 2014
By Richmond Chambers

Although much of the Immigration Act 2014 (‘the 2014 Act’) deliberately makes the lives of people in the UK much more difficult (including those of British citizens, not “just” migrants and their families) there are some helpful provisions - in particular,...

 new provisions enabling people born to unmarried British citizen fathers before 1 July 2006 to register as British citizens.Background You were born before 1 July 2006; and At the time of your birth your mother was not married (or was married to someone...

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