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Guidance to register as a British citizen if you have certain other types of British nationality.
How to apply to become a British citizen again after giving up (renouncing) citizenship.
Customer service standards for settlement applications for the UK.
Guidance to register as a British citizen if you are a British overseas territories citizen, British overseas citizen, British protected person, British subject or British national (overseas).
Immigration staff guidance for assessing applications where the individual is claiming right of abode in the UK.
A user guide to Home Office immigration system statistics.
This guidance explains full details of the Windrush Compensation Scheme.
This guidance explains full details of eligibility for the Windrush Scheme.
Registration as a British Overseas Territories citizen and British citizen: Chagossian descendant.
Immigration staff guidance on deciding applications from self-employed Turkish business persons, Turkish workers or their family members.
Guidance for people born before July 2006 to unmarried fathers connected to a British overseas territory.
Contains details of policy changes, together with information on changes to immigration legislation that affect immigration statistics.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers that hold British citizenship.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with naturalisation and registration certificates issued by UKVI for British passport applications.
Immigration staff guidance on the discretionary policy in place for those discharged from the British Army, Brigade of Gurkhas prior to 1 July 1997.
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
UK Visas and Immigration settlement application guidance on civil partners.
Immigration staff guidance providing historical background information on nationality and help with assessing citizenship claims.
Immigration staff guidance on dates of birth and the circumstances in which they may be changed.
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