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Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
Immigration staff guidance on establishing whether a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) holds that status by descent or otherwise than by descent.
Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of British protected person (BPP) status and the requirements of registration.
Immigration staff guidance about British subjects and how to consider applications to acquire that status.
HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
Immigration staff guidance on how surrogacy in the UK affects a child’s claim to British nationality.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from people who are stateless.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider a person’s domicile based on assessing citizenship claims and applications.
Template letter to confirm that citizenship and settlement applicants have a qualification in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
Immigration staff guidance on nullity of British citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on processing applications from people who have previously renounced British citizenship and have applied to register as a citizen.
The Home Secretary commissioned a lessons learned review into the events leading up to Windrush. It was internal, with independent oversight provided by Wendy Williams.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Immigration staff guidance on considering requests from British citizens to renounce their status.
Immigration staff guidance about registration as British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) by people who would otherwise be stateless.
asework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
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