Visas and immigration operational guidance – collection

Nationality instructions: volume 1

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for citizenship.

Contents

This collection of documents contains the instructions that UK Visas and Immigration follows when making decisions on applications for British nationality.

Documents

1. Chapter 1: levels of decision taking (nationality instructions)

   • 24 April 2014
   • Guidance

2. Chapter 2: born before 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

   • 28 November 2013
   • Guidance

3. Chapter 3: acquisition by birth, adoption or parental order (nationality instructions)

   • 28 November 2013
   • Guidance

4. Chapter 4: acquisition by birth outside the UK (nationality instructions)

   • 28 November 2013
   • Guidance

5. Chapter 5: stateless people (nationality instructions)

   • 28 November 2013
   • Guidance

6. Chapter 6: information about applications for British citizenship (nationality instructions)

   • 24 March 2016
   • Guidance

7. Chapter 7: registering people born before 1983 to women who were citizens of the UK (nationality instructions)

   • 29 November 2013
   • Guidance

8. Chapter 7A: registration of persons born before 1 July 2006 whose parents were not married (nationality instructions)

   • 6 May 2015
   • Guidance

9. Chapter 8: registering a person born in the UK on or after 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

   • 29 November 2009
   • Guidance

10. Chapter 9: registering minors at discretion (nationality instructions)

    • 6 April 2015
    • Guidance

11. Chapter 10: registering minors born outside the UK to British citizens by descent (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

12. Chapter 11: registering minors born outside the UK to British citizens by descent on grounds of residence (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

13. Chapter 12: registering British nationals (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

14. Chapter 13: registering British overseas citizens (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

15. Chapter 14: registration and naturalisation under legislation other than the British Nationality Act 1981

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

16. Chapter 15: registering stateless persons by entitlement (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

17. Chapter 16: registration following renunciation of citizenship of the UK (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

18. Chapter 17: registration following renunciation of British citizenship (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

19. Chapter 18: naturalisation at discretion (nationality instructions)

    • 13 July 2015
    • Guidance

20. Chapter 19: renunciation (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

21. Chapter 20: British citizenship "by descent" and "otherwise than by descent" (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

22. Chapter 21: general Information about British overseas citizenship (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

23. Chapter 22: automatic acquisition on 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

24. Chapter 23: acquisition by birth or adoption on or after 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

25. Chapter 24: acquisition by birth outside the British overseas territories on or after 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

26. Chapter 25: automatic acquisition by people otherwise born stateless (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

27. Chapter 26: registering minors born in a British overseas territory on grounds of a parent's status (nationality instructions)

    • 29 December 2013
    • Guidance

28. Chapter 27: registering by entitlement persons born in a British overseas territory on grounds of residence (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

29. Chapter 28: registering minors in overseas British territories at discretion (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

30. Chapter 29: registration by entitlement of minors born outside the British overseas territories (nationality instructions)

    • 2 December 2013
    • Guidance

31. Chapter 30: registration by entitlement of minors born outside the British overseas territories (nationality instructions)

    • 2 December 2013
    • Guidance

32. Chapter 31: registration by entitlement of stateless persons (nationality instructions)

    • 2 December 2013
    • Guidance

33. Chapter 32: registration following renunciation of citizenship of the UK and colonies (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

34. Chapter 33: registration following renunciation (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

35. Chapter 34: naturalisation at discretion (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

36. Chapter 35: renunciation (nationality instructions)

    • 2 December 2013
    • Guidance

37. Chapter 36: British overseas territories citizenship (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

38. Chapter 37: automatic acquisition on 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

39. Chapter 38: automatic acquisition by people otherwise born stateless (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

40. Chapter 39: registration of any minor (nationality instructions)

    • 1 April 2015
    • Guidance

41. Chapter 40: registration of stateless persons (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

42. Chapter 41: registration of declaration of renunciation (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

43. Chapter 42: British subjects general information (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

44. Chapter 43: automatic acquisition on 1 January 1983 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

45. Chapter 44: automatic acquisition by people otherwise born stateless (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

46. Chapter 45: registration of any minor (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

47. Chapter 46: claims to remain a British subject by certain Irish nationals (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

48. Chapter 47: acquisition by application, registration of stateless persons (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

49. Chapter 48: registration of declaration of renunciation (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

50. Chapter 49: renunciation, automatic loss (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

51. Chapter 50: British nationals (overseas), Hong Kong act 1985 and Hong Kong (British nationality) order 1986 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

52. Chapter 51: British nationality (overseas), Hong Kong Act 1985 and Hong Kong (British nationality) order 1986, acquisition (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

53. Chapter 52: British national (overseas), Hong Kong Act 1985 and Hong Kong (British nationality) order 1986 (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

54. Chapter 53: loss of British national (overseas) status (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

55. Chapter 54: British protected persons, general information (nationality instructions)

    • 29 November 2013
    • Guidance

56. Chapter 55: deprivation (section 40) and nullity (nationality instructions)

    • 10 September 2015
    • Guidance

57. Nationality: right of abode

    • 5 April 2016
    • Guidance

• Published: 2 December 2013
• Updated: 6 April 2015

+ full page history

• 6 April 2015 12:00am: Updated collection
• 2 December 2013 9:00am: First published.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration