how to get British Citizenship

If you are a foreign national who is under 18 years old and was born in the United Kingdom, then British citizenship is automatically passed to you when both your parents are either: 1) British citizens; 2) No longer married to each other if they are different nationalities or 3) one parent is a British citizen and the other remains 'settled' (has indefinite leave to remain/has right of abode). This will be registered as part of your birth registration. For those of age 18+, there is an application process. If one of your parents (or stepparents/grandparents etc.) has been legally adopted along with you and you were at least 6 years old when this happened, then the adoption process has the same result as becoming a citizen through birth. It is important to note that unless both of your parents are British citizens by birth or apply for a spouse visa UK, then they cannot register your citizenship for you.

British Citizenship Through Residence

British Citizenship Through Residency If you have been legal "ordinarily resident" in the United Kingdom from when you were 10 years old until the present day, meaning always lived in the UK unless you went away for longer than 2 years at a time, then there is a chance of acquiring citizenship through fiance visa UK so-called 'long residence'. You also need to show that during your residency you have never left the country for more than two consecutive years.

How to apply for British Citizenship?

The good news is that there are many benefits to becoming a British citizen. The most notable of which is being able to live in the United Kingdom permanently and getting full UK rights, visitor visa UK including the right to vote in elections (if you do not already have this right). Further advantages include the ability to travel throughout the European Union (and with certain exceptions also to Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland) with minimal restriction. You can even gain extra protection when traveling outside of Europe via the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) and International Certificate of Vaccination (iCERT). Of course, any children born after your citizenship will also become citizens, but only if they were born in Britain or during an outbound journey from Britain.

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