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Residential requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen
By Richmond Chambers -

Those who make an application for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6 of the British Nationality Act 1981 must, in addition to other requirements as to immigration status and character, satisfy...

 various requirements as to residence in the UK. The residency requirement The residential requirement is set out within Schedule 1 to the British Nationality Act 1981. The main purpose of the residential...

Overseas adoption and British citizenship
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

The entitlement of adopted children to British citizenship is not a straightforward matter. In some circumstances, adopted children are British citizens automatically from the date of their adoption. In others, the...

 Secretary of State for the Home Department may exercise discretion to register them as British citizens following an application. Finally, adopted children who are not British automatically and who cannot...

Children born outside the UK to British mothers
By Richmond Chambers -

British nationality law has undergone several important changes in recent years, in many cases in order to reflect changes in social attitudes and to correct historic injustices. Section 4C of the British Nationality...

 Act 1981 allows children of British mothers to register as British, in circumstances where they would have automatically acquired British citizenship if women were able to pass on their nationality to...

Good character - what has changed?
By Richmond Chambers -

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...

Campaigners call for a judicial review of £1,000+ child citizenship fees
By Richmond Chambers -

In the midst of more Brexit based confusion, the Home Office is facing a challenge in the courts over the level of fees it charges children to register as a British citizen. Critics of the current charges of...

 more than £1,000 per child, accuse the Home Office of putting a desire to make profit above their ethical responsibilities, and destroying the futures of often vulnerable children. Thousands of children...

Applications for British citizenship by EU nationals
By Richmond Chambers -

British nationality law is often a complex subject and, after 12 November 2015, this is an area which has increased in complexity for citizens of EU Member States who wish to apply for naturalisation as British...

 citizens in accordance with the British Nationality Act 1981 (the ‘BNA1981’). Applications for naturalisation as a British citizen will be considered by the Secretary of State in accordance with section...

Are you of good character?
By Richmond Chambers -

If you are age 10 or over and are applying to become a British citizen, the Secretary of State will need to be satisfied that you are of “good character”. Although the requirement is worded slightly differently...

 depending on whether the application is for registration or naturalisation, effectively the test is the same as in both types of application the onus is on the applicant to satisfy the Secretary of State...

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