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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 detailing when a person automatically becomes a British overseas territories citizen.
Immigration staff guidance on what the full capacity requirement is for applications and what to consider before granting an application.
Immigration staff guidance on how to deal with issues relating to an individual's identity.
Immigration staff guidance on considering requests from British citizens to renounce their status.
Posters and booklets promoting the Windrush Help Team service in English, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu and Welsh.
Information pack for partners to help raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides on applications from citizens of the UK and colonies.
Changes introduced by Home Office statisticians to a wide range of UK migration statistics.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications under the interpretation acts.
Immigration staff guidance providing an overview of British protected person (BPP) status and the requirements of registration.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for British passports.
Immigration staff guidance about the acquisition of British overseas national status.
Immigration staff guidance on who can register as a British citizen under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997.
Casework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
Nationality instructions about how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
asework instructions for how UK Visas and Immigration decides applications for citizenship.
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