Collection

Requirements and considerations common to all types of British nationality (nationality guidance)

A collection of guidance documents used by UK Visas and Immigration when deciding applications for British nationality.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration
• Published: 14 November 2017
• Last updated: 10 May 2023 — See all updates

This section contains information on common aspects of nationality policy and processes that apply to the applications for all types of British nationality.

Documents

• Adoption: caseworker guidance
  • 27 July 2017
  • Guidance
• Assessing ordinary residence: caseworker guidance
  • 27 October 2017
  • Guidance
• Deprivation of British citizenship: caseworker guidance
  • 22 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Domicile: caseworker guidance
  • 27 July 2017
  • Guidance
• Children of unmarried parents: caseworker guidance
  • 15 March 2019
  • Guidance
• Full capacity requirement: caseworker guidance
  • 27 July 2017
  • Guidance
• General nationality applications: caseworker guidance
  • 16 May 2023
  • Guidance
• Good character: caseworker guidance
  • 31 July 2023
  • Guidance
• Handling passports: caseworker guidance
  • 27 July 2017
  • Guidance
• Identity: caseworker guidance
  • 29 November 2021
  • Guidance
• Level of decision making: caseworker guidance
  • 7 March 2024
  • Guidance
• Nullity of British citizenship: caseworker guidance
  • 10 May 2023
  • Guidance
• Priority treatment requests: caseworker guidance
  • 15 November 2017
  • Guidance
• Renunciation of British nationality: caseworker guidance
  • 30 January 2018
  • Guidance
• Surrogacy: caseworker guidance
  • 19 March 2019
  • Guidance

Published 14 November 2017
Last updated 10 May 2023 + show all updates

1. 10 May 2023

   Added guidance on the deprivation of British citizenship, and nullity of British citizenship.

2. 14 November 2017

   First published.