- Page Contents
- Overview
- Eligibility Requirements
- How Can We Help?
- Our Fixed Fees
You can apply for registration as a British overseas territories citizenship (BOTC) if had previously given up your British overseas territories citizenship (BOTC). Our specialist team of immigration solicitors and lawyers in London can provide expert immigration advice and legal representations on fixed fee basis concerning your application for registration as a British Citizen.
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Eligibility Requirements
You may apply to resume your British overseas territories citizenship if you are of sound mind and:
- you made a declaration to give up British overseas territories citizenship (BOTC) after 26 February 2002; or
- you made a declaration to give up British dependent territories citizenship (BDTC) between 1 January 1983 and 25 February 2002; or
- you made a declaration to give up citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies; and
- your father's father (or, if you have been married or in a civil partnership, your husband/wife/partner's father's father) was:
- born, naturalised or registered in that British overseas territory; or
- a British subject who became such because the territory in which they lived is now part of that British overseas territory.
How Can We Help?
Our expert team of nationality law solicitors in London can represent you in your application for registration as a British Citizen and carry out all the work on your British Citizenship application until a decision on your application is received from the Home Office UKVI. As part of our professional legal services in relation to your application for registration as a British Citizen, our specialist team of immigration solicitors will carry out the following immigration casework:
- Our immigration solicitors will assess your eligibility for registration as a British Citizen by considering all the relevant information including your past immigration history;
- Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the chances of success in your application for registration as a British Citizen and would draw your attention to any weaknesses in your application;
- Our immigration solicitors will advise you on the list of documents to be submitted in support of your application for registration as a British Citizen;
- Our immigration solicitors will assess all the supporting documents to ensure that the documents you provide duly satisfy the Home Office UKVI requirements for registration as a British Citizen;
- Our immigration solicitors will complete the relevant application form online for your registration as a British citizen, submit the same online, help you pay the Home Office UKVI fee for the application and schedule your appointment with the application centre for enrolment of your biometrics;
- Our immigration solicitors will prepare a detailed cover letter in support of the application explaining in detail your eligibility for registration as a British Citizen by referring to all the relevant information, documents, laws and requirements;
- Our immigration solicitors will upload all the supporting documents online to be considered in support of the application including our cover letter prepared to support your application;
- Our immigration solicitors will carry out all the work on your application for registration as a British Citizen until a decision is received from the Home Office UKVI on your application.
Our Fixed Fees For Your Application For Registration As A British Citizen
Our fees for applications for registration of adults (persons aged 18 or over) as British Citizens are as given in the fee table below:
| Our Service | Our Fixed Fees Range |
| Full service for an application for registration as a British Citizen by a person born to a British mother before 1 January 1983 [UKM application] to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application to register a BNO as a British Citizen to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application to register a BOC as a British Citizen to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application to register a BOTC as a British Citizen due to connection with Gibraltar to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application for registration as a British Citizen under Section 4(2) of BNA 1981 to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application for registration as a British Citizen at the discretion on grounds of service under Section 4(5) of BNA 1981 to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application for registration of a BOTC as a British Citizen at the discretion of the Secretary of State under Section 4A to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application for registration to resume British Citizenship after previously giving up British Citizenship to cover all the work until a decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
| Full service for an application for registration of BNO as a British Citizen under British Nationality (Hong Kong Act) 1997 to cover all the work until decision by the Home Office UKVI | From £2,000 To £3,000 + VAT, IF Applicable |
The agreed fixed fee will depend on the complexity of your application for confirmation of nationality status and the volume of casework involved in the application. In addition to our fixed fee for confirmation of nationality status application, the applicant will also have to pay the Home Office UKVI fees for the application.