Dear viganooriah, I know several people who have been living in UK as refugee for many years. After coming to UK, most of them have developed health problems they were never aware of. Most of this particularity serious depression is caused by their uncertain situation. My friend, the way British Gov...

Amber has clarified this issue in his post - British Citizenship – Good Character Requirement FAQs There are no clear exemptions for Refugees who apply for British nationality. However, Article 31 of the Refugee Convention states that Contracting States (such as the UK) should not impose penalties o...

Hi Sitamaman, I am not a lawyer but can understand the complexity of your situation. This new change is going to affect thousands of refugees. Unfortunately, this issue has not been raised by the organisations who support refugees. I have opened a separate thread for an in-depth discussion on this t...

Hi all, A refusal of naturalisation on the basis of illegal entry of an asylum seeker who subsequently got refugee status has been reported in another thread entitled ‘Naturalisation Refused- Please Help’ http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/naturalistion-refused-please-help-t184097....

Hi Babe Khyber, As I understand, new Good Character criteria will be applied to even those cases which are in process. Don't you think you may be one of the victims of this criteria? Was your entry illegal (e.g. deception )? In this case they can reject it on the grounds that you will have to wait f...

Hi friends, I am a regular reader of this forum, however, this is the first time I am initiating a thread or commenting on an issue. I am opening this thread to closely watch the effect of new Good Character requirements on refugees who were declared illegal entrants before they were accepted as ref...