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Dear Mr & Mrs RUSSELL,

You have applied for a visit application for the above applicant, however we note that the applicant qualifies for right to abode in the UK. As such we are offering the applicant the opportunity to apply for a Certificate of entitlement to right of abode in the United Kingdom. If you wish to apply for this visa, you should now complete a new visa application online in the correct category and pay the correct fee and reply to us with confirmation of your new GWF reference number. With this you should confirm your desire to withdraw your original application and request a refund for the incorrect fee previously paid.

We are, therefore, giving you a limited opportunity to provide your response within five (5) working days from the date of this notification through any of the following methods:

Born in the UK before 01 Jan 1983*
Born in the UK after 01 Jan 1983*
Adopted in the UK*
Registered or naturalised as a British Subject, citizen of the UK and Colonies in the UK on or after 01 Jan 1983*
Father or mother born, registered, naturalised or adopted in the UK before your birth, which occurred outside the UK on or after 01 Jan 1983*
A citizen or the UK and colonies at birth and with a grandparent born, registered, naturalised or adopted in the UK*
A citizen of the UK and Colonies who was ordinarily resident in the UK for a continuous period of 5 years before 01 Jan 1983 and was settled in the UK at the end of that period*
A Commonwealth citizen whose mother was born in the UK*
A female Commonwealth citizen who is, or has been, married to a man with right of abode at any time before 31 Dec 1982 *
A citizen of the UK and Colonies woman who is, or has been married to a man with right of abode at any time before 31 Dec 1982

[url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3145/schedule/made]SCHEDULE[/url] > Basis of application > Applicant was adopted in the United Kingdom, a qualifying British overseas territory, or otherwise under the terms of the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_Adoption_Convention]Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption[/url]([url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3145/schedule/made#f00009]1[/url]) wrote:Documents >
(i)Applicant’s adoption certificate; and
(ii)Evidence of adoptive parents’ citizenship and, if a Convention adoption, of their place of habitual residence at the time of the adoption, eg in respect of citizenship, a passport, and in respect of habitual residence at the time of the Convention adoption, the adoption certificate

Chapter 9 wrote:Adoptions certified under the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in respect of Intercountry Adoption

9.8.3 Children adopted overseas by British citizens may have an automatic claim to British citizenship under s.1(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981 if the adoption has been certified by the competent authorities of the state where the adoption took place under Article 23(1) of the 1993 Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (see Chapter 3). It will only be necessary to consider the case for registration under s.3(1) if s.1(5) does not apply.

4. ROA4 Basis of a person’s claim to right of abode wrote:The only way to acquire the right of abode since 1 Jan 1983 has been by becoming a British citizen.