British Nationality: Children

(asked on 22nd January 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she will respond to the High Court decision of 19 December 2019 that found that her Department has charged unlawful fees for child citizenship applications.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 1st July 2020

Although the judge ruled there had not been proper consideration of the Government’s section 55 duties, the fees regulations were not in themselves quashed.

The Secretary of State for the Home Department has been granted permission to appeal against the High Court Ruling of 19 December 2019. While the case remains ongoing we continue to charge Child Registration fees as set out in the Fees Regulations.

The Home Office notes the Court’s judgment from the High Court and is considering its implications carefully, while awaiting the appeal hearing.

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