Deprivation of British Citizenship

  1. You need to obtain an offer of a place on a course before you can apply for a study visa. 2. When you receive your official letter of offer, contact the British Council office in the country where you live for advice about applying for your student visa . There are 32 different UK embassies and high commissions around the world that process applications from overseas students studying in the United Kingdom (UK) who require visas to enter or leave to remain in the UK. The offices are responsible only for their own territory, so check with several offices if necessary. There is usually one in each capital city plus there may be others which cover some neighboring countries - these will appear on, For example, the British Council office in Poland covers the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. You may also be able to get advice from a UK higher education institution as they will have experience of sending overseas students on their courses. They can't guarantee that they can gi...

  UK Government has the power to deprive someone of their British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981. Section 40(2) allows the government to deprive someone of their Citizenship if “that deprivation is conducive to the public good” but such an order should not be made if deprivation of British citizenship “would make a person stateless”, under section 40(4) of the Act. However, in 2014, section 4A was inserted into the Act, making deprivation possible, in certain circumstances, even where a person may be rendered stateless as a result. Under Section 40(3) a person can be deprived of Citizenship if it was obtained using fraud, false representations, or through concealment of a material fact or facts. Under separate government powers, Citizenship can be nullified (made null and void) if it was obtained through using a fraudulent identity. Unlike deprivation, where Citizenship is stripped from the individual, nullification has a retrospective effect; the result of...