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Immigration staff guidance on nullity of British citizenship.
HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with an application for a child in the care of the local authorities.
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
Information pack for partners to help raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme.
Posters and booklets promoting the Windrush Help Team service in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Welsh.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
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 providing an overview of British protected person (BPP) status and the requirements of registration.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from people who are stateless.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
Template letter to confirm that citizenship and settlement applicants have a qualification in English for speakers of other languages (ESOL).
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
Immigration staff guidance explaining what to do when a passport is received as part of a nationality application.
Immigration staff guidance on dealing with applications from British overseas territories citizens (BOTC) who have previously renounced their status.
This guidance tells His Majesty’s Passport Office staff about the renunciation (giving up) of British nationality.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications from protectorates and protected states.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
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