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Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers that hold British citizenship.
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 deprivation of British citizenship.
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.
Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider whether an individual is ordinarily resident in the UK.
This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff what parental responsibility is and why we need it for passport purposes.
Immigration staff guidance for when the applicant's nationality is doubtful or disputed.
This guidance tells His Majesty’s Passport Office staff about the renunciation (giving up) of British nationality.
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 for registering British nationals as citizens under the British Nationality Act 1981.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
Immigration staff guidance on how surrogacy in the UK affects a child’s claim to British nationality.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider a person’s domicile based on assessing citizenship claims and applications.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.
Immigration staff guidance on authority levels for decisions on British nationality applications based on different circumstances.
Immigration staff guidance on nullity of British citizenship.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
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