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British citizenship (nationality guidance)
A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.
This section contains guidance on how to consider an application to naturalise, or register as a British citizen.
Documents
- British citizenship: automatic acquisition
- Naturalisation as a British citizen by discretion: nationality policy guidance
- Registration as a British citizen: British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997
- Registration as a British citizen: children of British parents
- Registration as a British citizen: children
- Registration for British citizenship: following renunciation
- Registration as a British citizen: other British nationals
- Registration as a British citizen: stateless persons
- Registration as a BOTC and British citizen: children of BOTC parents
Published 14 November 2017
Last updated 28 June 2022 + show all updates
Last updated 28 June 2022 + show all updates
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Added guidance: Registration as a British overseas territories citizen and British citizen: children of BOTC parents.
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First published.