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Eligible types of citizenship applications
You can use the priority service if you’re applying online for British citizenship:
- by naturalisation
- if you’re registering a child under 18
- as a British Overseas Territories citizen, British Overseas citizen, British subject, British protected person or British National (Overseas)
- if you were born on or after 1 January 1983 and lived in the UK up to the age of 10
- if you’re becoming a British citizen again after giving it up (‘renouncing’ it)
- if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married
- if you were born before 1 January 1983 to a British mother
- if you’re a stateless person
You’ll be told if you’re eligible for the priority service when you’re applying.
You cannot apply for the priority service using a paper form.