Who is considered as the child’s Father for the purpose of the BNA 1981 is firstly the person to whom the Mother was married to at the time of the child’s birth, therefore a DNA test is not required. Yes you pay for the passport when you apply.
Fixed penalty notices, penalty charge notices and penalty notices for disorder are imposed by the police or other authorised enforcement officers for traffic rule violations, environmental and civil violations. It is a way of the criminal justice system disposing of fairly minor offences without the...
New routes for a child to become British The Home Office changed their policy on 18 July 2022 to add further discretionary routes for a child to register as British. All routes will generally require parental consent and if the child is aged 10 or older, to be of good character. This will generally...
An adult cannot naturalise unless they’re free from immigration time restrictions - e.g., they have ILR. Being married/CP to a British citizen simply means you can naturalise earlier e.g., no need to be free from immigration time restrictions for 12 months (just be free from immigration time restric...
The status of your settlement simply ceases to exist once you acquire British citizenship, regardless of the fact you may access it digitally. The current requirement to return BRPs post citizenship acquisition will obviously stop circa end of 2024 when BRPs are phased out (or that’s the plan at lea...
You just state it as one parent receiving the benefits, for a number of benefits there is a main/lead claimant, that’s the case for legacy means tested benefits (but for tax credits). As long as the sum total is correct for the family unit, that should be ok.
Given both parents are British, I’d expect the children to be registered as below, that’s assuming they’re not already British: There are two aspects to consider (a) status and (b) residence. For status: Child’s immigration status If the child has been in the UK for more than 10 years, you must cons...
An application will normally be refused if, within the previous 10 years (before the date of decision), the person has worked in the UK when their conditions of leave prohibited employment.
An application will not normally be refused simply because the person is in debt, especially if loan repayments have been made as agreed or if acceptable efforts are being made to pay off accumulated debts.
The relevant caseworker guidance for an application under section 3(1) is https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1009695/registration-as-a-british-citizen-children-v7.0ext.pdf#page27 and you need to look at page 27 onwards. There is discretion...
You need to put when you first entered the UK, 2013, if that’s the case. You list absences in the last 5 years. You include all immigration applications previously made. Yes, any work in the 10 years. Knowledge of life and Language for naturalisation is approved B1 English or equivalent and a pass o...
Thanks, this list says, director, manager or personnel officer of a VAT-registered company, so my understanding is that if someone job title has " manager " word he/ she should be ok to confirm identity.
A clear intention not to pay debts can be an issue for the Good character requirement. A DRO is a form of insolvency so I’d certainly suggest waiting until the 12 month moratorium period has lapsed. Post again here when that’s the case and we can check the guidance at that point.
Claiming UC where entitled to wouldn’t affect a future application, claiming council tax support could. However, if you applied under Appendix FM with savings what’s happened to them? What have you used all those savings on?
A ten year route can give access to public funds, particularly if there are children, as the home office have a statutory duty under section 55 of the 2009 Act to consider the welfare of any children as a primary function of their decision making. If the remarks are blank it would indicate you can a...
The child will be British by descent if born abroad to a Father who is British otherwise than by descent. You can apply for a British passport for the child.
A fixed penalty notice will not normally result in refusal unless the person has failed to pay or has unsuccessfully challenged the notice and there were subsequent criminal proceedings resulting in a conviction. In such instances, they should be treated in line with the sentence imposed by the cour...
