Nationality instructions: volume 2
Volume 2 of the nationality instructions contains information used by UK Visas and Immigration to decide citizenship applications.
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- UK Visas and Immigration
- Published
- 10 December 2013
- Last updated
- 12 May 2017 — See all updates
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This guidance is no longer current. It has been replaced by the document collection: nationality guidance.
Documents
Certificates (copies)
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Certificates (endorsement)
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Declarations
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High profile cases
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HM Revenue and Customs
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Home Office travel documents
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Interviewing in naturalisation cases
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Names
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Office for National Statistics
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Passports (general handling)
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Photocopies
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Priority
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Status letters
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Titles (foreign)
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War crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide
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Acquisition of British nationality (declarations of)
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Administrative recognition
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Adoption
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Aliens
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Annexation
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Automatic claims
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British overseas territories
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British Nationality Acts
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British Nationality Regulations
PDF, 536KB, 7 pages
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British Nationality: summary
PDF, 618KB, 19 pages
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Certificates of British Nationality
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Certificates of Naturalisation ("Imperial" and "Local")
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Civil Partnership
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Commonwealth Countries
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Commonwealth Secretariat
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Denization
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Deprivation
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Diplomats
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Dissolution
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Divisional Records
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Divorce
PDF, 486KB, 7 pages
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Domicile
PDF, 490KB, 8 pages
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Dominions
PDF, 467KB, 3 pages
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Doubt Certificates (Issue of)
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Dual Nationality
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East African Asians
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Exceptions to Loss
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Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction
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Gender Recognition Act 2004
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Hanover (Electress Sophia of)
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Human Rights Act 1998
PDF, 468KB, 3 pages
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Illegal Entry
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Immigration Acts
PDF, 470KB, 4 pages
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Independence
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Interpretation Acts 1978
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Legitimacy
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"Mandated Territories" and "Trust Territories"
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Marriage
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Oath of Allegiance an Pledge of Loyalty
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Ordinary Residence
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Overstayers
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Pakistan Act 1973
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Passports
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Police Registration Certificate
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Protectorates and Protected States
PDF, 911KB, 5 pages
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Renunciation (History)
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Resumption (History)
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Retention (declarations of)
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Sex Offenders Entry
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Statelessness
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Surrogacy
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UK and Colonies
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Details
UK Visas and Immigration nationality instructions volume 2 contains background information used when deciding applications for citizenship and other types of British nationality.
Last updated 12 May 2017 + show all updates
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Updated commonwealth countries list.
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'Names' guidance added.
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'Names' guidance removed.
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Removal of European Economic Area and Swiss nationals guidance.
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Updated Commonwealth countries list.
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Removal of old guidance documents.
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Updated guidance.
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Removed 'Legal Proceedings', 'Letters', 'Letters (Advice to Potential Applicants'
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Made volume lower case in the title.
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First published.