Guidance

Priority treatment requests: caseworker guidance

Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.

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Priority treatment requests

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Details

UK Visas and Immigration guidance for staff on:

  • requests for priority made by ministers

  • applications for registration

  • applications for naturalisation

  • criteria for priority

  • requests for priority in advance of an application

Updates to this page

Published 27 July 2017
Last updated 12 February 2025 + show all updates
  1. Updated with changes to the Criteria for priority section.

  2. Updated guidance.

  3. First published.

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