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Day: July 30, 2023

Home Office crackdown to block criminals getting citizenship
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Home Office crackdown to block criminals getting citizenship

New rules are set to come into force aimed at preventing serious criminals gaining British citizenship. Changes to the “good character” requirement of citizenship applications from Monday will see tougher rules applied to anyone who has received a 12-month prison sentence. Currently an attempt to gain British citizenship will normally be refused if an individual has received a four-year jail term. Previously an application was also likely to be rejected from anyone who has served between 12 months and four years in prison until 15 years have passed since the end of the sentence. Anyone who had spent less than a year in prison also faced an application being rejected until 10 years had passed. The changes bring the system into line with immigration rules, with new rules designed to b...