Thank you for feedback by the way, very useful! You wrote It depends on how you answer question 1.4 on the application. I am a little confused here. If I had been married in 1989 I could have registered my daughter under Section 3(2). If I use form ARD today, because of this historical anomaly, does...
Unfortunately I think I will have to pay the 'normal' registration fee. Looking at Form ARD I read 1.4 (a) Would you have been able to become a British citizen through registration or naturalisation, but for historical legislative unfairness, an act or omission by a public body or because you have e...
Thank you for your answer. And that's very encouraging! I see indeed that all Section 4L Form ARD applications require the citizenship ceremony fee only. Reimbursable if the application is refused. So there is nothing to lose. My oldest daughter now has settled status in the UK and qualifies for nat...
I would be very grateful for opinions concerning the following. I have indeed been informed that a section 4L application has a good chance of being successful. But I am worried about the consequences of my marriage, in The Netherlands, to the mother in 1997. If that marriage had legitimated my chil...
I have received a reply, via someone who forwarded my email on my behalf, from the Nationality Policy Team at the Home Office, dated 5 June 2024 Thank you for your e-mail. I hope that all is well with you. As [My name] points out, the change to the law made in 2006 was not made retrospective. Howev...
I have drafted the letter below. All comments and suggestions will be gratefully received! ---Draft Letter to MPs and Stakeholders--- Dear [Recipient's Name], Subject: Amendment Proposal for Section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014 I am writing to bring to your attention a significant issue concernin...
I understand the caseworker interpretation you kindly provided. But I do not understand their interpretation of the law. Section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014 makes no reference to being under 18. It only refers to people being born before 1 July 2006. For the purposes of sections 4F to 4I, a perso...
Thanks secret.simon
Section 4L does indeed look promising. It feels historically unjust that people born before May 1997, who would have qualified under Section 3(2) if the parents had been married, are not given any relief by Section 65 of the IA 2014 (entered into force in May 2015)
Xxxxxx LLP writes the following (my emphasis added)
Section 65 of the IA 2014 will insert new sections 4E to 4J into the BNA 1981 *so that persons over 18* born before 1 July 2006 to unmarried British fathers will now be able to register as British citizens.
Thank you secret.simon It's not entirely clear to me. I have read the following (courtesy of xxxxxxx Solicitors) British citizenship through unmarried fathers to commence on 6 April 2015. Section 65 of the Immigration Act 2014 – Children of British Citizen Fathers The Immigration Act 2014 received r...
The Fees for UKF Citizenship applications appear on the the government website UKM, UKF, BOTC(F), BOTC(M) Section 4C, 4G, 4H, 4I registration (ceremony fee only) £130 But these fees do not mention Section 4F registrations My daughter wishes to use UKF for a Section 4F registration. She was unable to...
My daughter, born in The Netherlands in 1992, would have qualified for registration under Section 3(2) if I, a British Citizen by descent, had been married to her mother at the time. She is a Belgian citizen via her mother, resident in Belgium. She has never lived in the UK. I married her mother in ...
Actually there was another discussion here on this very point recently. https://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/help-please-referee-requirement-t324638.html#p2052202 What I think is certain is that the combination British Citizen/British Residence and (for the professional referee) Bri...
You can search for "PCN." Advice from respected gurus tends to vary between "no need to declare" and "declare it for peace of mind but it will not affect your application unless there is a a pattern of behaviour." As you know, they do not even bother to check who was th...
P60s are sufficient. Not guaranteed. According to the document below A P60 for a 12-month period (the caseworker may request additional evidence to confirm that the person has been resident in the UK for at least six months of that period). The 6 month period is particularly important if OP visited...
The documents you suggested will be helpful. No return airline ticket or boarding pass in your wife's name? Or an email confirming your wife's flight details? And a bank or credit card statement showing that she made a payment while in the UK very shortly after her flight back? You will be fine. If ...
You will probably sail through the e-gates just like qntnuk did. We are talking about the unlikely, but possible, event of you being stopped and then asked what your reasons are for visiting the UK.
Your right to live in the UK is no longer dictated by your settled status. It is your citizenship that counts and this is what they check. So take a copy of your naturalisation certificate. And say that you are going to apply for a British passport. This will speed things up if you are stopped and q...
I understand your frustration. But it really is too early to take action. You have been waiting 7 months, and that is only one month outside the guidelines, and only 3 weeks since your brother heard that he was successful.
Naturalisation through marriage means there is no intent to settle in the UK requirement. So applying for a first British passport from Canada was fine. Hopefully she was able to send all the documents they asked for.
The upcoming divorce sounds horrible. She urgently needs legal advice in Canada.
I know strictly speaking you have to travel with a British passport That's not true. The UK is not like the US, South Africa or Poland. You can travel with any passport. But if you live in the UK you may be asked to prove your entitlement to do this, on return. In this situation showing a British p...
