London22 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 8:56 pm
home office is bound by law to send you that
You really should stop quoting non-existent laws. There is no such law and in any case, international treaties do not automatically form a part of the laws of the UK. So no point in quoting international treaties.
However, to quote the
UNHCR Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status, which you brought to our attention in an earlier post,
(Page 10)
49. If, on the other hand, an applicant, without good reason, insists on retaining a valid passport of a country of whose protection he is allegedly unwilling to avail himself, this may cast doubt on the validity of his claim to have “well-founded fear”. Once recognized, a refugee should not normally retain his national passport.
It is worth remembering that passports are the property of the issuing government and not of the individual to whom they are issued. The only authority that can *demand* the passport back is the issuing government and/or their embassy/representatives.
Even after becoming a British citizen, that
citizenship can be revoked if the Home Office comes to the conclusion that the citizenship was acquired by deception. If you make the application for claiming your old passport from the Home office, you are in effect reclaiming the protection of the country that you claimed asylum from. That would bring into question your whole asylum history and in effect your British citizenship. I would advise against it.
I am not a lawyer or immigration advisor. My statements/comments do not constitute legal advice. E&OE. Please do not PM me for advice.