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Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.
Immigration staff guidance on authority levels for decisions on British nationality applications based on different circumstances.
Template letter to confirm that citizenship and settlement applicants have a qualification in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
Immigration staff guidance detailing when a person automatically becomes a British overseas territories citizen.
Immigration staff guidance explaining what to do when a passport is received as part of a nationality application.
HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
Immigration staff guidance on the background and rights of British overseas citizens and establishing if an individual has a claim to the citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider a person’s domicile based on assessing citizenship claims and applications.
Immigration staff guidance on considering requests from British citizens to renounce their status.
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
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications under the interpretation acts.
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 about registration as British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) by people who would otherwise be stateless.
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
asework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
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