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Form UKF: guidance

Guidance to register as a British citizen if you were born to a British father and your parents were not married.

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Form UKF: guidance

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Read the UKF guidance to find out if you can register as a British citizen if you would have become a British citizen automatically if your parents had been married.

Updates to this page

Published 22 March 2019
Last updated 7 October 2024 + show all updates
  1. Page summary amended to reflect the fact that form UKF can now be used by both people born before and after 1 July 2006.

  2. Updates to fees links and travel advice after becoming British.

  3. Document format and style updated. Outdated information removed or updated accordingly. References and links to fees updated.

  4. Updated the guidance.

  5. Added accessible version of guide.

  6. Updated guidance document published.

  7. First published.

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