Guidance

British subjects: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance about British subjects and how to consider applications to acquire that status.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 27 July 2017
• Last updated: 21 July 2023
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  1. 21 July 2023

     Updated to reflect changes made by the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

  2. 27 July 2017

     First published.

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UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff about British subjects.

It covers:

• determining automatic claims to British subject status

• registering minors as British subjects

• considering whether an Irish national has a claim to British subject status

• registration of stateless people born outside the UK and British overseas territories

• renunciation and automatic loss of British subject status