Applicant was registered or naturalised as a British citizen on or after 1st January 1983

Applicant’s registration or naturalisation certificate

Applicant was born in the United Kingdom before 1st January 1983

Applicant’s full birth certificate, showing parents’ details

Applicant was registered or naturalised as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in the United Kingdom before 1st January 1983

Applicant’s registration or naturalisation certificate

Applicant is a Commonwealth (not British) citizen born before 1st January 1983 to a parent who was born in the United Kingdom

1. i

   Applicant’s full birth certificate showing parents’ details; and

2. ii

   Parent’s full UK birth certificate

Applicant is a female Commonwealth citizen who was married before 1st January 1983 to a man with right of abode in the United Kingdom

1. i

   Applicant’s marriage certificate; and

2. ii

   Evidence of applicant’s husband’s right of abode, eg passport or UK birth certificate

Applicant was born in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands on or after 1st January 1983, or in another qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21st May 2002

1. i

   Applicant’s full birth certificate showing parents’ details;

2. ii

   Evidence of either parent’s British citizenship or settled status at time of applicant’s birth, eg a passport describing the relevant parent as a British citizen or indicating that he or she then had indefinite leave to remain; and

3. iii

   Parents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through father)

Applicant was born outside the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands on or after 1st January 1983, or outside the United Kingdom and any qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21st May 2002, to a parent born in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands (or, on/after 21 May 2002, any qualifying British overseas territory) or to a parent registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom prior to the applicant’s birth

1. i

   Applicant’s full birth certificate showing parents’ details;

2. ii

   Parents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through father); and

3. iii

   Parents’ full birth certificate, registration or naturalisation certificate

Applicant was born outside the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands on or after 1st January 1983, or outside the United Kingdom and any qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21 May 2002, to a parent who, at the time of the birth, was a British citizen in service to which section 2(1)(b) of the British Nationality Act 1981 applies

1. i

   Applicant’s full birth certificate;

2. ii

   Parents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through father); and

3. iii

   Evidence of parent’s relevant employment at the time of the birth, eg a letter from the employer

Applicant was adopted in the United Kingdom, a qualifying British overseas territory, or otherwise under the terms of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption9

1. i

   Applicant’s adoption certificate; and

2. ii

   Evidence of adoptive parents’ citizenship and, if a Convention adoption, of their place of habitual residence at the time of the adoption, eg in respect of citizenship, a passport, and in respect of habitual residence at the time of the Convention adoption, the adoption certificate

Applicant was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and was ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for a continuous period of 5 years before 1st January 1983 and was settled in the United Kingdom at the end of that period

1. i

   Evidence of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, eg a passport or certificate of naturalisation or registration; and

2. ii

   Evidence of settlement and 5 years’ ordinary residence in the UK before 1983, eg, passport, P60s, details of National Insurance contributions, DSS claims, employers’ letters

Applicant was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and had a parent who was born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom prior to the applicant’s birth/adoption

1. i

   Applicant’s full birth certificate or adoption certificate;

2. ii

   Parents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through father); and

3. iii

   Parent’s full birth certificate, adoption, registration or naturalisation certificate

Applicant was a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and had a grandparent born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom before the applicant’s parent’s birth/adoption

1. i

   Parents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through father);

2. ii

   Parents’ full birth certificate or adoption certificate;

3. iii

   Applicant’s full birth certificate or adoption certificate;

4. iv

   Grandparents’ marriage certificate (if claiming through grandfather); and

5. v

   Grandparent’s full birth certificate, adoption, registration or naturalisation certificate