Citizenship

Late applications to the EU Settlement Scheme – made following the end of the ‘grace period’

The Home Office recently published an update to its EU Settlement Scheme caseworker guidance for the purpose of providing clarity on the meaning of what constitutes ‘reasonable grounds’ in the case of late applications made to the EU Settlement Scheme. Given the lack of clarity up to this point as to what grounds would be considered reasonable, this has been a long-awaited update. Late applications are those applications made following the end of the ‘grace period’ of 30th June 2021.…

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The cost of citizen applications for children

For many non British children who have grown up in the United Kingdom, the route to obtaining citizenship can take up to ten years and costs more than £10,000. For those who already qualify to apply for citizenship, the cost of this application is now £1,012. Since 2014 the cost of citizenship applications for children has risen from £670 to £1,012 and children under 18 must pay this fee just to apply. The fee is non-refundable and success is not…

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The New Home Secretary

The new home secretary, Priti Patel, received a rapturous reception at the Conservative Party conference in October when she triumphantly announced Tory plans to end free movement of people. She declared that, as a daughter of immigrants, she needed no lectures from the "north London metropolitan liberal elite" to say otherwise. Yet she has bought into, and now sells on, two great lies. Patel buys into and sells the idea that freedom of movement of people is something to be…

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