- How many people have been stripped of their British citizenship?
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- Government to deprive Brits of their citizenship without telling them
- Shamima Begum case to take at least another year
- Deprivation of citizenship for fraud after Begum
Nationality
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Guide to naturalisation as a British citizen
8% of applications for naturalisation as a British citizens are rejected by the Home Office, without the fee being returned. These guides aim to inform people wishing to become British of common pitfalls in the process.
Naturalising as a British citizen: the lawful residence requirement
24th September 2018
New ebook now available: Naturalising as a British citizen
19th October 2017
Home Office nationality guidance
- Guidance on how to consider an application to naturalise or register as a British citizen.
- Cross-cutting and unusual topics common to all types of British nationality (see below) such as deprivation, adoption, domicile, surrogacy and more.
- Quick walk through of the 6 different types of British nationality
- Checks whether you might automatically have acquired British nationality
EU citizens and British citizenship
Information for EU citizens considering applying for British citizenship
Good character
An applicant for naturalisation as a British citizen must prove they are "of good character". But what does this mean? In this eposts we explore different aspects of what lawyers call the "good character test".
Good character citizenship criteria quietly tightened up
8th January 2015
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How many people have been stripped of their British citizenship?
At least 464 people have been stripped of their British citizenship since the law allowing it was relaxed 15 years ago, Free Movement analysis shows. Home Office figures record 175 people being deprived of their citizenship on national security ground ...
10th January 2022Windrush victims win citizenship rule waiver
Two victims of the Windrush scandal have won a High Court challenge arguing for citizenship law to be applied more leniently in special cases like theirs. Mr Justice Bourne held today that a seemingly inflexible provision of British nationality law re ...
16th December 2021Court of Appeal tells SIAC to pay more respect to Home Office on national security
Secretary of State for the Home Department v P3 [2021] EWCA Civ 1642 is about how much SIAC should defer to the Home Secretary’s view about national security concerns. The answer is quite a lot, but not too much. The background to this case is t ...
26th November 2021Government to deprive Brits of their citizenship without telling them
The Home Secretary can take away anyone’s British citizenship when it would be “conducive to the public good” but would not make that person stateless. She can also take away naturalised citizenship if obtained by fraud, false representa ...
4th November 2021Deprivation of citizenship for fraud after Begum
In Ciceri (deprivation of citizenship appeals: principles) [2021] UKUT 238 (IAC), the Upper Tribunal has applied the guidance given in R (Begum) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission [2021] UKSC 7 to deprivation of citizenship appeals on grounds ...
27th September 2021After deprivation of citizenship comes months or years in limbo
The Home Office is routinely missing its target for issuing new residence permits to people who lose their British citizenship, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. Those deprived of their citizenship for (often historic) decept ...
7th September 2021