A person might have automatically become a British citizen (or other British national) at birth or later without anyone having done anything. This is usually through a parent who was a British citizen or through having been born in the UK or a British territory. If the person was issued with a British passport after 1982 then they have useful official proof of British nationality and can normally obtain a new British passport. If not, then the claim to British citizenship must be proven. Even the renewal of a British passport may require proving the British nationality that is stated in the old passport.

It is also possible that a person is eligible to apply to become a British citizen (or other British national). If the application is successful then the person becomes a British citizen by grant and is issued with a certificate.

Our evaluation process will explore all the legal options available to you and will produce a Nationality Report. The possibilities for an automatic or ancestral claim to citizenship are described at Automatic and Ancestral Claims to British Nationality and the possibilities for applying for a grant of citizenship are described at Categories for Registering as a British Citizen and Naturalisation as a British Citizen.  For this process, we use the AORA Nationality Determiner system which has modelled the applicable nationality laws and British citizenship requirements and tests for every possibility. 

If you believe you have a claim to British citizenship then submit your details in the form below and purchase an evaluation and report.

We can assess your eligibility for UK citizenship...

What Passportia Does to Establish a Claim for Registration

  1. We normally follow this process:
    Find out if you (or your child or spouse) are already a British citizen or another type of British national. This entails a thorough investigation of family history (known as a “Status Trace”) performed by our system to find if any acquisition rules benefitted your case. This normally happens in three steps:
    1. Conduct an evaluation and prepare a Nationality Report which includes a Status Trace explaining how the client is an existing British citizen or other British national by reference to all applicable facts and rules of law and evidence.
    2. If the outcome is positive, prepare and make the legal argument for the application and supporting evidence to the Home Office (branch of the UK government handling nationality) for official recognition.
    3. If the application succeeds, the Home Office issues a certificate confirming recognition of the person’s nationality. This can then be used to obtain a British passport.
  2. Find out if you (or your child or spouse) qualify for registration as a British citizen or other British national. This process also entails a Status Trace and thorough investigation of the applicable rules as follows:
    1. Conduct an evaluation and identify any application category the client qualifies for and which has the lowest Home Office fee (fees range from under £100 to over £750).
    2. Prepare a Nationality Report which includes a legal opinion explaining why the applicant qualifies for registration by reference to all applicable facts rules of law and evidence.
    3. If the outcome is positive, prepare and make the legal argument for the application and supporting evidence to the Home Office (branch of the UK government handling nationality) for official recognition.
    4. If the application succeeds the Home Office registers the person as a British citizen and issues a certificate, which can be used to obtain a British passport.

If you would like us to establish your claim to British nationality then submit your details in the form below and purchase an evaluation and report.

Was an application you made refused?

It is possible to appeal against a refusal, though some types of review must be lodged within a time limit. An “administrative review” can be lodged at any time, even for an application made many years ago. This can even be done for categories limited to minors even though the applicant is aged well over 17 years.

A review is only likely to succeed if it can be proven that the refusal was made on the wrong grounds or if new evidence is supplied or in some cases if current policies are more favourable. An application for review has to be very well presented and argued to have a reasonable chance of success.

Read more about our services for citizenship and nationality appeals or submit your details in the form below and request an evaluation.

PASSPORTIA IS

  • A citizenship law specialist
  • Successful with complex claims
  • Supporting multiple countries
  • Fast, flexible and precise

As a result of your friendly approach, I was able not only to see you in person but also to receive a short, direct and readily actionable answer to my question regarding my acquisition of a British passport. I shall certainly recommend you to others who need such advice/assistance.

A.M. - London, UK