British citizenship gives you the right to live and work in the UK permanently, without any immigration restrictions. You need British citizenship before you can apply for a UK passport.
You need British citizenship if you want to: get a British passport. vote in elections - you might already be able to vote in some elections if you're an EU or Commonwealth citizen. leave the UK for as long as you want, without losing your 'right to return'
Birth in the UK, if at least one parent is a British citizen or long-term resident. Descent, if you were born abroad to a British citizen. Naturalization, if you are a long-term UK resident. Registration, if you are a national of certain overseas countries.
It's in joint sixth place (behind 12 other nationalities), which doesn't sound too bad, but that's a place lower than last year. Holders of UK passports can visit 187 destinations without a prior visa, but must obtain documents for countries including China, Japan, India, Nigeria, Algeria and Cuba. In at the top spot?
The British passport is the world's sixth most powerful with visa-free or visa on-arrival access to 187 countries. The UK passport was one place ahead of the US at 186 countries, while EU states dominated much of the top rankings, data from Henley & Partners' 2022 Henley Passport Index showed.
Residency requirements
You must have lived in the UK for at least 5 years before the date of your application. You also should not have broken any UK immigration laws. If you have indefinite leave to enter or remain, the Home Office will not usually check if you broke any immigration laws before then.
Dual citizenship (also known as dual nationality) is allowed in the UK. This means you can be a British citizen and also a citizen of other countries. You do not need to apply for dual citizenship.
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The top 10 most powerful passports in 2022 are those issued by Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland, Luxembourg, Austria, and Denmark.
In the UK education system, schools are either state schools funded by government and are free for all pupils, or they are independent schools and charge fees to the parents of the pupils.
Overall, citizenship application costs have been rising since 2007 in an attempt to compensate for cuts to the Home Office budget. Current fees are now at an incredible £1,330 per adult, and that's without the cost of the legal advice, which is often necessary to navigate the complicated process.
Check how much it costs to apply
You usually pay £1,330 to apply for adult citizenship or £1,012 for children. If you're applying for citizenship as an adult you'll also have to pay: £50 to do the Life in the UK Test. £19.20 to send your fingerprints and photo to the Home Office.
It's important to note that once you have attended your citizenship ceremony you cannot use your BRP to travel, to enter the UK you will instead need a British passport or Right of Abode Certificate.
Voting and citizenship
Your UK citizenship will not be affected if you move or retire abroad.
Becoming British is one of the most arduous and expensive citizenship processes in the world. Many of the tens of thousands of people who are accepted as UK citizens each year will have faced years of preparation and bills of between £5,000 and £10,000.
you lived in the UK for 3 years at any time before your child was born. your whole family came to live in the UK for 3 years after your child was born.
If you or your parents were born in the UK, you might automatically be a British citizen. Check if you're a British citizen based on whether you were: born in the UK or a British colony before 1 January 1983.
There are three ways in which a person can lose citizenship of a country. These are renunciation, deprivation and termination.
French nationality remained the best in the world according to the 2018 edition of the Quality of Nationality Index, earning a score of 83.5% out of a possible 100%, fractionally ahead of Germany and the Netherlands.
Japan once again holds the most powerful passport, allowing visa-free access to 193 countries, according to the Henley Passport Index's third quarter 2022 report released Tuesday.