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Government continues to profiteer from young persons right to register as British citizens

12 Aug 2016

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 …

PRCBC’s Legal Research on “good character” requirement for children’s registration as British citizens

23 Mar 2016

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 …

We are grateful for the amendment to the Immigration Bill 2015 tabled by Baroness Lister

15 Mar 2016

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 …

Monthly Saturday advice/casework surgery

10 Mar 2016

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.

Immigration Bill 2015

1 Mar 2016

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 …

Local Government Ombudsman (LGO)

21 Feb 2016

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 …

PRCBC is in need of FREE office space once a month on a Saturday

21 Jan 2016

We are in need of office space to run our monthly children citizenship advice surgery. Our main requirement is access to 2-3 interviewing rooms, printing, copying and internet facilities. If you are able to help, please contact Solange Valdez on 07593 103 706 or by e-mail: prcbc2013@aol.com Thank you

Monthly Saturday advice surgery on matters relating to children and young person’s registration as British

20 Jan 2016

Our monthly Saturday slots are by appointment only. For more information and a referral form, please contact Solange Valdez by e-mail: prcbc2013@aol.com

Our response on BIS’s consultation on student loans

8 Jan 2016

We are pleased to have submitted our response to the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) consultation on extending support to students with long residence in the UK who don’t have settled status. For a copy of our response: PRCBC%20response%20to%20consultation%208.1.16 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/student-support-for-non-uk-nationals-who-have-lived-in-the-uk-for-a-long-time

We are running an e-mail advice service for  professionals supporting young persons

8 Jan 2016

Please e-mail prcbc2013@aol.com

Bristol University: Registering Children as British Citizenship- Current laws require overhaul

1 Nov 2015

Briefing 17_Child Citizenship

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