Naturalisation

(asked on 13th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has she made of the potential merits of implementing recommendation 78 of the House of Lords Select Committee on Citizenship and Civic Participation’s 2018 Report in relation to the fee set for people applying for naturalisation.


Answered by
Kevin Foster Portrait
Kevin Foster
This question was answered on 21st July 2020

In line with the charging principles set out in the 2014 Immigration Act, fees for immigration and nationality services are set in consideration of the cost of processing the application, the wider cost of running the Border Immigration and Citizenship System (BICS) and the benefits and entitlements provided to successful applicants. Any income from fees set above the cost of processing is utilised for supporting the wider BICS and reducing the reliance on taxpayer funding.

Applying for British Citizenship is not mandatory and many individuals who have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK choose not to do so.?This is because becoming a British citizen is not necessary to enable individuals to live, study and work in the UK as a grant of indefinite leave to remain will

confer access to appropriate services.

The Home Office keeps fees under review.

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