Citizenship application forms
A collection of application forms for British nationality and to obtain evidence to the right of abode in the UK.
In this collection you’ll find application forms to:
- register as a British national
- naturalise as a British citizen
- renounce/resume British citizenship/nationality
You can check if you can become a British citizen.
Contact UK Visas and Immigration (part of the Home Office) if you’re not sure how to apply or if you might be eligible:
- UK Visas and Immigration nationality contact centre nationalityenquiries@homeoffice.gov.uk
Apply to naturalise as a British citizen
Apply to register as a British national
- Apply for British citizenship as a person of Chagossian descent
- Register child under 18 as British citizen (form MN1)
- Register as a British citizen (form B(OS))
- Register as a British citizen (form B(OTA))
- Application to register as British citizen: form EM
- Register as a British citizen - stateless person born before 1983 (form S1)
- Register as a British citizen - stateless person born outside the UK or British Overseas Territories (form S2)
- Register as a British citizen - UK-born stateless person (form S3)
- Register as a British citizen (form T)
- Register as a British citizen (form RS1)
- Register as a British citizen if you were born before July 2006 to a British father (form UKF)
- Register as a British citizen if you were born on or after July 2006 and your mother was married to someone other than your natural father (form UKF(M))
- Register as a British citizen (form UKM)
- Application to register as British overseas territories citizen
- Register as a British Overseas Territories citizen (form BOTC (F))
- Register as a British Overseas Territories citizen (form BOTC(M))
- Application for registration as a British citizen (form ARD)
- Application to register child as British overseas territories citizen
- Application to register child under 18 as British Overseas citizen
- Application to register child under 18 as British subject
Apply to request a citizenship affordability fee waiver
Nationality services
- Apply for a duplicate citizenship certificate (form NC)
- Apply for confirmation of British nationality status (form NS)
- Apply for proof that you do not have British citizenship (form NQ)
- Application for review when British citizenship is refused: form NR
- Correct a registration or naturalisation certificate
- Apply to give up (renounce) British citizenship (form RN)
Right of abode
Last updated 24 November 2022 + show all updates
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Added a link to Apply for British citizenship as a person of Chagossian descent.
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Added form ARD for registration as a British citizen, and form BOTC(F) and form BOTC(M) for registering as a British Overseas Territories citizen.
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New section on applying to request a citizenship affordability fee waiver for individuals under 18.
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Form UKF(M) to register as a British citizen if you were born on or after July 2006 and your mother was married to someone other than your natural father added.
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First published.