Written evidence from the Home Office (NBB0074)

 

 

Home Office Evidence sets for Stateless Minors

 


The Provision:
 

 

        they were born on or after 1 January 1983

        they were born stateless

        they have remained stateless

        on the date of application, they are under the age of 22

        they were in the UK or a British overseas territory at the beginning of the period of 5 years ending with the date of application, and in that 5 year period had no more that 450 days absence

 

Evidence sets

 

 

 

 

Table: Applications for British citizenship using Form S3 by UK born stateless persons

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Received

Form Type

Act

Para

Schedule

No of Cases (rounded)

2010

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

5

2012

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

10

2013

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

5

2014

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

10

2015

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

10

2016

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

40

2017

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

1265

2018

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

1775

2019

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

1240

2020

S3

1981

Para 3

Schedule 2

965

 

 

 

 

Impact on Refugee children

 

This provision is for those who do not have a nationality. We understand that while many children of refugees do automatically acquire their parents’ nationality at birth, they can be prevented from being able to apply for a passport to the authorities of their country of origin.  However, such children are not stateless in law and so cannot qualify under the stateless child provisions. Instead, they would need to rely on other existing provisions within British nationality law should they wish to become British. Where a child is born in the UK and lives here until the age of 10, they will have an entitlement to registration under section 1(4), for example.

 

25/10/2021