Guidance

Naturalisation and registration certificates: caseworker guidance

Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.

• From: HM Passport Office
• Published: 12 December 2022

Documents

Naturalisation and registration certificates (accessible)

HTML

Naturalisation and registration certificates

PDF, 447 KB, 20 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff when customers must send naturalisation or registration certificates to support their claim to a British passport and how to progress an application.

It includes information on:

• endorsements
• changes in customer’s personal details
• when, why and how to check a customer’s nationality certificate with UK Visa and Immigration’s (UKVI) systems
• querying a nationality certificate with UKVI
• recording a customer’s naturalisation or registration certificate

Published 12 December 2022