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Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
You may be eligible for British citizenship if you have a British parent.…
You’re automatically a British citizen if you were born outside the UK and…
You may automatically be a British citizen if you were born before 1…
You’ll usually get a decision within 6 months - some applications can take…
Apply for citizenship if you have a British overseas territories parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply.
You may be eligible for British overseas territories citizenship and…
You can apply to become a British overseas territories citizen and a…
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
All mothers and most fathers have legal rights and responsibilities as a…
A mother automatically has parental responsibility for her child from…
If you’re not the mother, you can apply to court to get parental…
Guidance for how certain people born before 1983, who didn't acquire British nationality at birth because their mother could not pass on status, can apply to correct that.
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
Check if you're automatically a British citizen - it depends on where and when you were born and your parents' immigration status.
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
Register as a British citizen if you were born after 1 July 2006 to a British father where your mother was married to someone else.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Claim or transfer Class 3 National Insurance credits using form CF411A.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
Apply for British citizenship if you were born in the UK - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB2.
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
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