SAR for died British Citizen

[amjadleeds]

Hi everyone ,

I hope you are keeping well, One of my relative would like to apply Passport based on Dad was British citizen, but died back in 1997, and he has only passport of his dad, from UK,
How he can check that his dad registered his family here, or get immigration record, Anyone know the process will be great help,
Thanks
Amjad

[alterhase58]

What was his dad's history in the UK?
How did he obtain British citizenship, through naturalisation?
If it was through naturalisation then a copy of the naturalisation certificate may be obtainable from either the National Archives or from the Home Office, depending on the date it was granted. That would be absolute proof of his dad's citizenship.
A passport alone is not conclusive proof.

National Archives: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hel ... tizenship/
UKVI Certificate copies: https://www.gov.uk/get-replacement-citi ... ertificate

[secret.simon]

The Home Office (and other departments of state) store information only for limited periods of time. So a SAR for a person who died in 1997 will get very few to no results.

The onus of preserving immigration records is on the applicant/individual, not the government department.

I agree with @alterhase58 that your relative should check with the National Archives for either a birth certificate (if their father was born in the UK before 1983), or a registration certificate (before 1983) or naturalisation certificate (after 1983) of the father.

[vinny]

The onus of preserving immigration records is on the applicant/individual, not the government department.

How will that work with digital only records?

I dread to think of the future where ILR status is digital. In fifty years time, it would be impossible to prove.