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Powers available to local authorities to facilitate applications for settled status for looked after children in the absence of parental co-operation (W and Re Z (EU Settled Status for Looked After Children))

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'Durable relationships' and 'other family members' of EEA nationals: definitions and rights of entry and residence

'Durable relationships' and 'other family members' of EEA nationals: definitions and rights of entry and residence

Important notice on Brexit: As of exit day (31 January 2020) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the Withdrawal...

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Practice notes

EEA countries and dual citizenship

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

Applying to naturalise as a British citizen: procedure

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the government’s response to the coronavirus...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Delany; and Andrew Osborne and Bronte Cullum of Lewis Silkin 9th Apr
Practice notes

Routes for applying to register a minor child as a British citizen

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Darren Stevenson of McGill & Co 9th Apr
Practice notes

Applying to naturalise as a British citizen: eligibility

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Delany; and Andrew Osborne and Bronte Cullum of Lewis Silkin 9th Apr
Practice notes

The good character requirement for British citizenship

Under section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA 1981) and BNA 1981, Sch 1, para 1(1)(b), all applicants who apply for naturalisation as a...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Delany; and Andrew Osborne and Bronte Cullum of Lewis Silkin 9th Apr
Practice notes

The Windrush Scheme

On 16 April 2018, following a series of high profile cases concerning long-resident Commonwealth migrants attempting to demonstrate their lawful...
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Produced in partnership with Nick Nason of Edgewater Legal 9th Apr
Practice notes

Routes for applying to register an adult as a British citizen

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Darren Stevenson of McGill & Co 9th Apr
Practice notes

What is the right of abode?

The right of abode—statusThe right of abode in the UK is an immigration status. A person who has the right of abode is free to live in, and to come...
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Produced in partnership with Adrian Berry of Garden Court Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Schedule of absences

The schedule of absences spreadsheets below may be used by Lexis®PSL Immigration subscribers to calculate a person’s absences from the UK for the...
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9th Apr
Practice notes

British citizenship status: deprivation and nullity

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Alison Harvey of No5 Barristers Chambers 9th Apr
Practice notes

Who is a British citizen (automatic acquisition)?

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Adrian Berry of Garden Court Chambers 9th Apr
Precedents

Naturalisation: knowledge of the English language requirement—information sheet

All applications for naturalisation as a British citizen require an applicant to demonstrate knowledge of the English language, unless you are...
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8th Apr
Practice notes

Naturalisation: the knowledge of language and life in the UK requirements

Those who apply for naturalisation under s 6(1) or 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA 1981) are required to have both sufficient knowledge...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Delany of 1 Mitre Court Buildings 7th Apr
Precedents

Approval of naturalisation application—information sheet

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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15th Mar
Precedents

Eligibility requirements for naturalisation—information sheet

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...
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Produced in partnership with Francesca Delany of 1 Mitre Court Buildings 15th Mar
Q&As

Is an application to register as a British citizen capable of extending leave under section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971?

Section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971 (IA 1971) serves to automatically extend leave where an in-time application is made to vary leave before the...
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Produced in partnership with Nick Nason of Edgewater Legal 5th Mar
Q&As

Does a British Overseas citizen require entry clearance in order to move to the UK for work? Is there an expedited path to British citizenship available to British Overseas citizens?

Requirement for entry clearanceBritish Overseas citizens are subject to immigration control, and require leave to enter the UK under section 3 of the...
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12th Feb
Q&As

Will an Irish national father of child born in the UK after 2006 be considered settled for the purposes of the automatic acquisition of British citizenship under section 1(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 and, if so, what evidence should they provide of this status for the child’s passport application?

As explained in Practice Note: Who is a British citizen (automatic acquisition)?, under section 1(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 a person born...
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12th Feb
Q&As

In a situation where an EU national has lived in the UK for over six years, but has only recently registered under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), can they rely on the fact that they had permanent residence status as a matter of law for six years to apply for British citizenship immediately after settled status is ‘granted’ under the EUSS? Or do they have to wait 12 months from the date the settled status is recognised/granted under the EUSS before applying?

One of the requirements for an adult's naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (BNA 1981) is to...
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12th Feb
Q&As

What UK immigration status will a person have if they had indefinite leave to remain under the Immigration Rules prior to naturalising and they renounce their British citizenship? Can such a person acquire British citizenship again after they have renounced it?

Practice Note: Applying to naturalise as a British citizen: eligibility states the following under the section headed ‘Loss of British...
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12th Feb

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