British citizenship: caseworker guidance
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to deal with passport applications for customers that hold British citizenship.
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This guidance tells HM Passport Office staff:
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how a customer can have a claim to British citizenship
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how to check if a customer holds British citizenship
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what documents a customer needs to send to support their passport application
Updates to this page
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This guidance has been updated throughout to explain: more about British nationality status; references to 'foreign diplomat' include a person with diplomatic privileges; how to check immigration reference numbers (unique application numbers (UAN) and global web form (GWF) numbers) on ATLAS to prove settlement claims; all decisions about establishing right of abode can be made within HM Passport Office.
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This guidance has been updated to remove references to applications being on hold for customers born to EEA parents between 1 January 1983 and 1 October 2000.
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The guidance has been updated to make it clear examiners can use the parents鈥� passport history on Main Index to confirm they were British citizens before their child鈥檚 birth if the child was born in the UK.
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First published.