Application under section 1(3A) of the Act1A

An application under section 1(3A)5 shall contain information showing—

a

that the applicant’s father or mother became a member of the armed forces after the applicant’s birth; and

b

where the applicant is aged 10 or over, that he is of good character.

Application under section 4B of the Act10

An application under section 4B6 of the Act shall contain information showing—

a

that the applicant is a British Overseas citizen, a British subject under the Act, a British protected person or a British National (Overseas) and does not have any other citizenship or nationality; and

b

i

in the case of an application made by virtue of subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c), that the applicant has not, after 4th July 2002, renounced, voluntarily relinquished or lost through action or inaction, any citizenship or nationality; or

ii

in the case of an application made by virtue of subsection (1)(d), that the applicant has not, after 19th March 2009, renounced, voluntarily relinquished or lost through action or inaction, any citizenship or nationality.

Application under section 4C of the Act11

An application under section 4C8 of the Act shall contain information showing—

a

that the applicant was born before 1st January 1983;

b

that the applicant would at some time before 1st January 1983 have become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies—

i

under section 5 or 12(2) of, or paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to, the British Nationality Act 19489 if (as the case may be) that section or paragraph provided for citizenship by descent from a mother in the same terms as it provided for citizenship by descent from a father and if references in that provision to a father were references to the applicant’s mother; or

ii

under section 12(2), (3), (4) or (5) of the British Nationality Act 1948 if a provision of the law at some time before 1st January 1949, which provided for a nationality status to be acquired by descent from a father, provided in the same terms for its acquisition by descent from a mother and if references in that provision to a father were references to the applicant’s mother;

c

that immediately before 1st January 1983 the applicant would have had the right of abode in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 2 of the Immigration Act 197110 had he become a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies as described in either sub-paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) above; and

d

that he is of good character.

Application under section 4D of the Act11A

1

An application under section 4D of the Act shall contain information showing—

a

that the applicant’s father or mother was a member of the armed forces and serving outside of the United Kingdom and qualifying territories at the time of the applicant’s birth;

b

that the consent of the applicant’s father and/or mother (as required by section 4D(3) and (4) of the Act) has been signified in accordance with regulation 14 and, if the consent of one parent only has been signified, the reason for that fact; and

c

where the applicant is aged 10 or over, that he is of good character.

2

If the application is made without the consent of the applicant’s father and/or mother and it is desired that the application should nevertheless be considered under section 4D(5) of the Act, it shall specify the special circumstances to be taken into consideration.