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There are different ways to apply for British citizenship, including ‘naturalisation’. Check your eligibility to apply.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a…
You’re usually a British citizen automatically if you were born in the UK.…
Whether you’re a British citizen depends on where your parents were from…
If at least one of your parents is a British citizen You might…
If you were born in the UK after 31 December 1982 and your parents were…
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
You may be eligible for British citizenship if you have a British parent.…
You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and…
You may automatically be a British citizen if you were born before 1…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months - some applications can take…
Apply for British citizenship if you're married to, or in a civil partnership with, a British citizen - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
How to apply for British citizenship if you're a British overseas citizen, protected person, subject, national or overseas territories citizen - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application.
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Apply for British citizenship if you have indefinite leave to remain (ILR) - form AN, who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Apply for British citizenship if you were born in the UK - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Apply for British citizenship in special circumstances - who may be eligible, fees and how to apply.
The different types of British nationality explained - British citizen, British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British subject, British national (overseas), British protected person
How to apply for British citizenship if you're stateless - who's eligible, fees and where to send your application
Apply for citizenship if you have a British overseas territories parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
Voting, community participation, life in the UK, international projects
Apply to give up (renounce) your British citizenship or status - ‘declaration of renunciation’
Active and empowered citizens can participate in decision-making, claim rights and hold institutions to account
Looks at the extent to which the citizen can be brought into the process of regulation.
A collection of application forms for British nationality and to obtain evidence to the right of abode in the UK.
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