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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 | |||||
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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