Partners of UK Residents
This section explains methods of application for entry clearance or permission of residency within the UK as a partner of a current resident, of either a permanent or temporary nature,...
Getting a UK passport
If you are entitled to British citizenship, you can have a British passport. If you’re living in the UK but are not a British citizen, you will not have the...
Travelling in or out of the UK
British citizens can come into and go out of the UK as they please, unless, for example, they’ve been convicted of a crime and are on bail, in which case...
Your right to have your data protected
The Data Protection Act protects your personal data, such as your medical records, your credit reference files, or your employment files and so on. Data held about you has to...
Voting in the UK as a British Citizen
Being a British citizen gives you the right to vote in the UK general election and local government elections and by-elections after you reach the age of 18. Others are...
Coming to live in the UK as a Citizen
Thousands of people come to the UK every year hoping to remain here. Some are allowed to come into the country for a short time and then expected to leave...
Citizenship and You: It’s Not a Birth Right Anymore
You can be born a British citizen, or you can be granted the right to British citizenship. People born in the UK before the first of January 1983 were automatically...