Important Case on Section 3(1) Registration

[Obie]

Discretion Registration Under Section 3(1)

Best interest of child has to be given a substantial weight.

[vinny]

See also Discretionary registration of children as British for discussion.

More recently, Refusal of a child’s British citizenship application on character grounds overturned > SA, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1611 (Admin) (08 June 2015).

[Obie]

See also Discretionary registration of children as British for discussion.

More recently, Refusal of a child’s British citizenship application on character grounds overturned > SA, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1611 (Admin) (08 June 2015).

Thanks vinny. Ought to have updated the thread, this topic was sticky. Just wondered who removed it.

I noted the judgement and was relieved that the court was adopting some common sense approach.

[vinny]

Oladeji (s.3(1) BNA 1981) [2015] UKUT 326 (IAC) (21 May 2015).

[vinny]

Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC)