Registration of children as British citizens
Get In Touch Not every child born in the UK after 1 January 1983 is a British citizen. Only a child born in the UK to a British parent or to a parent with indefinite leave to remain is British by birth. Children born to migrants with a temporary status (student visa or skilled worker […]
British citizenship by naturalisation
British citizenship by naturalisation Most people who came to the UK from abroad and were not registered as British citizens when they were children, become British by naturalisation. You should be of good character, have permanent right of residence in the UK (otherwise called indefinite leave to remain), have not exceeded the permitted number of […]
Good character requirement for British citizenship
Get In Touch Good character requirement applies to all applications for British citizenship by naturalisation and to most types of applications for registration. The British Nationality Act does not have a definition of good character. It is assessed on the basis of the policy guidance which changes from time to time. In both naturalisation and registration applications, factors to be considered in […]
British citizenship for children adopted outside the UK
We can help with an application for British citizenship for your adopted child ON THIS PAGE Hague convention adoptions Overseas adoptions Registration of adopted children Foreign adoptions recognised in UK Procedural safeguards required Foreign adoptions not formally recognised in UK Hague convention adoptions- automatic acquisition of British citizenship Hague Convention adoption is an adoption of […]
A boy adopted in the Philippines is registered as a British citizen!
Our client was a British citizen resident in the Philippines since 2005. He married in 2011 and adopted his wife’s son. The adoption was done in the Philippines. It took close to two years and was completed in 2013. It was supervised by the social services in the Philippines and was carried out with competence and due diligence. At the time we were instructed to register the boy as a British citizen he was 17 years of age. It was his only chance to apply for British nationality.
Application processing centres will start reopening from 1 June 2020
The Home Office has announced that UK Visa and Citizenship Application Centres will partly re-open in June 2020. Applicants for leave to remain or British citizenship who have submitted their applications but were unable to book or attend a biometric appointment, will be contacted by their nearest centre and offered an appointment.
Spouse visa refusal reversed without going to court!
Our client initially applied for extension of her spouse visa herself, without help from immigration solicitors. The visa application was refused for failure to provide a mandatory document. She was told to leave the country or appeal and that was when she contacted Kadmos Consultants.