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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...

British citizenship after EU Settled Status - Good Character Guidance Updated
By Dr. Catherine Taroni - Immigration Barrister

In May 2020, the Home Office updated their Guidance on ‘lawful residence’ in relation to EU Settled Status in its naturalisation guidance.  This is particularly problematic for EEA nationals in relation...

 to economically inactive periods and the need to hold Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI).  I blogged about this here.   The Home Office has now updated their Guidance in relation to the ‘good...

Good Character and Breach of Immigration Laws
By Richmond Chambers -

One of the requirements in order to register or naturalise as a British Citizen is to be of ‘good character’. This applies to anyone over the age of 10 at the date of application.  This requirement...

 has been discussed in detail in a previous blog post. This post looks at one aspect of good character – breach of immigration laws – and in particular, the findings of the Court of Appeal in R (Al-Enein)...

Good Character Requirement in Citizenship Applications
By Alexandra Pease - Immigration Barrister

The British Nationality Act (BNA 1981) contains a good character requirement, which applies to certain applications for registration and naturalisation for those over 10 years old at the date of application.   The...

 good character requirement previously only applied for naturalisation applications, but in 2010 this was extended to other routes to citizenship. Definition of Good Character The BNA 1981 does not...

Home Office challenged by human rights reports
By Richmond Chambers -

Parliament’s Human Rights Committee has expressed concerns over tests the Home Office applies to children of foreign nationality. Children as young as 10 years old who have lived in the UK their...

 whole lives were denied British citizenship on account of the “good character” test conducted by the Home Office. David Bolt, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, concluded in a...

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...

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