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Immigration staff guidance on how to consider whether an individual is ordinarily resident in the UK.
The Home Secretary commissioned a lessons learned review into the events leading up to Windrush. It was internal, with independent oversight provided by Wendy Williams.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Immigration staff guidance providing historical background information on nationality and help with assessing citizenship claims.
Immigration staff guidance on applications for registration as a British citizen from children of British parents.
Immigration staff guidance on considering automatic claims to citizenship based on a child’s relationship with their father.
Use this guidance to find out how your child can become a British citizen if you adopt in the UK from abroad.
Immigration staff guidance on authority levels for decisions on British nationality applications based on different circumstances.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the background and rights of British overseas citizens and establishing if an individual has a claim to the citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
Immigration staff guidance on establishing whether a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) holds that status by descent or otherwise than by descent.
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
Posters and booklets promoting the Windrush Help Team service in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Welsh.
Immigration staff guidance detailing when a person automatically becomes a British overseas territories citizen.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Template letter to confirm that citizenship and settlement applicants have a qualification in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
Immigration staff guidance on deprivation of British citizenship.
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