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We are glad that we were able to provide some representations to the Inspector for both of his inspections in connection with children’s citizenship claims and the good character requirement: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/inspection-report-published-re-inspection-of-the-home-offices-application-of-the-good-character-requirement-in-the-case-of-young-persons-who-apply-f

PRCBC and Amnesty UK Briefing on Home Office children’s citizenship fee is now updated. This unjust fee is a barrier to thousands of children‘s rights to British citizenship. Fees_Briefing_Revised_March_2019

10am on 22 March, the Home Office announced by e-mail news alert that all citizenship applications are to be made online from that day.  The Home Office has failed to understand that online applications CANNOT be made mandatory in citizenship applications unless the British Nationality (General) Regulations are amended (s41 BNA 1981). PRCBC has sent …

“Children and their Rights to British Citizenship “ Here:  CHILDREN AND THEIR RIGHTS TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP (MARCH 2019)

Are you or do know of a child with a right to register as a British citizen who cannot afford the Home Office registration fee of £1,012? If you do, please complete our survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/citizenfee

“If we learn anything from Windrush it must be that the rights to British citizenship of children, and adults, should be the first priority of all. We cannot let that shameful moment in history repeat itself” https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/19/we-must-avoid-a-brexit-windrush

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of our much respected and admirable patron, Barbara Harrell-Bond OBE. Barbara was a leading figure in the field of refugee studies. She founded the Refugee Studies Centre at Oxford University, the world’s first institution for the study of refugees. It now hosts an annual lecture series …

On 14 June 2018, PRCBC issued judicial review proceedings in the High Court to challenge this fee. Mishcon de Reya are acting pro bono as solicitors, and Amanda Weston QC and Richard Reynolds of Garden Court Chambers are acting pro bono as counsel, for PRCBC. PRCBC would like to thank the following for their support …

House of Lords Debate on Immigration and Nationality Fees Regulations 2018 and Children’s citizenship fees on 12 June 2018: Baroness Lister of Burtersett to move that this House regrets that the Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2018 include a £39 increase in the fee for registering children entitled to British citizenship, given that only £372 of the …

Although the MK judgment has not changed the law in relation to paragraph 3 of Schedule 2, British Nationality Act 1981, it should lead to better Home Office de­cisions in relation to registration by entitlement under this provision. This judgment is also a reminder to prac­titioners to properly evidence rights of registration by ent­itlement. You …

Anyone under 24 is welcome to come and learn more about citizenship and why it is important – how it can make a difference to future studies and opportunities! You can be part of an action group sharing this knowledge and raising awareness in the community! While the workshop will not focus on individual legal …

Use this Briefing on Fees to ask your Member of Parliament to call on the Government to act on our recommendations: 

Government continues to profiteer from young persons right to register as British citizens  The extortionate Home Office application fee to register as a British citizen has increased to £973 for children, £1,163 for young adults and £1,282 for those young persons applying to naturalise. There is no fee waiver or reduction on a registration application fee for …

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The extortionate Home Office application fee to register as a British citizen is currently at £936 for children, £1,121 for  young adults and £1,236 for those young persons applying to naturalise. There is no fee waiver or reduction on a registration application fee for those young persons who cannot afford to pay this very high fee …

A child applying to register as a British citizen who is aged ten must satisfy the Secretary of State that he is of ‘good character’. This is a mandatory application requirement. There is no legal definition of ‘good character’ and therefore no statutory guidance on its interpretation and how it should be applied. The Secretary of State’s …

This particular amendment would mean: i) a Home Office fee exemption on registration of children as British Citizens who are receiving assistance from the local authority ii) for any child’s registration as British citizen fee to only include the Home Office cost of processing an application iii) a fee waiver for a child who cannot …

Our March and April monthly Saturday slots are now full. Thank you to Deighton Pierce Glynn solicitors for giving us free office space to run our monthly surgeries and to Asylum Aid for hosting PRCBC.

Lord Alton’s tabled amendment We are grateful for the amendment to the Immigration Bill 2015 tabled by Lord Alton. This  particular amendment is intended to highlight the situation of young persons who have been in care and are without any status.  Some of these young persons were born in the UK and others have lived …

In a complaint made against the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s failure to assist a former looked after child to regularise her stay in the UK, the LGO made the following recommendations: To improve its practice in future the Council should within three months of the date of this report: A copy of the full LGO report …