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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...

Revised UK childhood good character test should be scrapped
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Campaigners say the government’s revised guidance on how the good character test is applied to children does not go far enough and still does not protect the rights of young people who have grown up in the UK...

 and wish to naturalise. Good character requirement The good character requirement applies to children aged 10 and over, as this is the age of criminal responsibility. The review of the policy comes after a...

Naturalisation as a British Citizen - A wide discretion
By Richmond Chambers -

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...

Appeals against deprivation of British citizenship
By Alex Papasotiriou - Immigration Barrister

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...

Evidence in nationality matters
By Richmond Chambers -

As with any immigration matter, when making a nationality application or claim it is of course necessary to provide relevant evidence to corroborate and support the application or claim being made. Whilst the evidence...

 that may be required will inevitably vary from case to case, the following provides some general guidance that may assist. Original Documents Wherever possible original documents should be provided....

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