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Immigration staff guidance detailing when a person automatically becomes a British overseas territories citizen.
Immigration staff guidance on the background and rights of British overseas citizens and establishing if an individual has a claim to the citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on nullity of British citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance on handling requests for priority treatment of citizenship applications.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of British protected person (BPP) status and the requirements of registration.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications from protectorates and protected states.
Immigration staff guidance on establishing whether a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) holds that status by descent or otherwise than by descent.
Immigration staff guidance on what the full capacity requirement is for applications and what to consider before granting an application.
Immigration staff guidance on the requirements for naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen (BOTC) under section 18(1) and section 18(2).
HM Passport Office guidance about parental responsibility, birth parents, adoption and surrogacy.
HM Passport Office guidance on how to deal with an application for a child in the care of the local authorities.
Immigration staff guidance about the registration of minors born both in and outside of the British overseas territories.
Immigration staff guidance on how to consider requests to register individuals who are stateless as British citizens.
Information pack for partners to help raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme.
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