FORM B(OTA) Application for registration as a British citizen - by: British overseas territories citizen British Overseas citizen British protected

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1 FORM B(OTA) Applicatio for registratio as a British citize - by: British overseas territories citize British Overseas citize British protected perso British subject (uder the British Natioality Act 1981) British Natioal (Overseas) March 2015

2 Applicatio for registratio as a British citize by a British overseas territories citize, a British Overseas citize, a British protected perso, a British subject (uder the British Natioality Act 1981), a British Natioal (Overseas). IMPORTANT: Before completig this form, you should read the accompayig Guide. Fill i those parts of the form that apply to your applicatio (see sectio 3 i the guide) ad cross out all other parts. If there is ot eough space for your aswers, use a separate sheet of paper to provide additioal iformatio. If you wat help to complete your applicatio form, you may wish to cotact a competet adviser, for example a solicitor or aget registered with the Office of Immigratio Services Commissioer (see page 9 of the guide which accompaies this form for details). Or you may wish to use the Natioality Checkig Service operated by a umber of local authorities. Your Register Office will advise if oe is operated i your area. We recommed that you keep a copy of this applicatio. NOTE: Some of the iformatio you provide o this form will be stored o a computer which is registered uder the Data Protectio Act. Please esure that you read the guide which accompaies this form. You should esure that you uderstad the criteria for registratio before submittig your applicatio. Full fees caot be retured for applicats that fail. Please write i BLOCK CAPITALS usig black or blue-black ik. Please eter all dates as dd-mm-yyyy, e.g. 29/04/2002 Please ote that each idividual applyig for registratio must complete a separate applicatio form. Therefore husbads, wives ad civil parters wishig to register must complete separate forms. Applicatios for your childre should also be o separate forms. 2

3 Sectio 1: Persoal Iformatio 1.1 Please give ay previous Home Office Referece Numbers 1.2 Title Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other Title 1.3 Surame/Family Name (NB. The ame you give here will be the ame show o your certificate so please esure it is spelt correctly ad you have writte it i the correct order). 1.4 Other Names 1.5 Name at birth if differet from above. (If the ames you have give are differet or spelt differetly from the ame show o your passport, please explai why o a separate sheet of A4 paper.) 1.6 If you are or have ever bee kow by ay ame or ames apart from those metioed above, please give details here. 1.7 Natioal Isurace umber 1.8 Date of birth 1.9 Village or tow or city of birth 1.10 Coutry of birth Please tick ( ) appropriate box 1.11 Sex (Please appropiate box) Male Female 1.12 Curret marital status (Please tick ( ) oe box oly) Married I a Civil Partership Divorced Widowed Civil Partership Legally separated? Sigle/Never married 1.13 Preset address You must give us ay chage of address i writig while we are cosiderig this applicatio Cotact telephoe umber Daytime/mobile Postcode Eveig (if differet) address 3

4 1.15 Are you Please tick ( ) the appropriate box(es) (see sectio 2 of the guide) a British overseas territories citize, a British Overseas citize, a British protected perso, a British subject (uder the British Natioality Act 1981), a British Natioal (Overseas), If someoe is represetig you, for example a aget, solicitor or you are makig the applicatio through a cosulate, please tell us their: 1.16 Name 1.17 Postcode 1.18 Telephoe Number 1.19 If you have completed 1.16 ad the address is that of your immigratio adviser, please state their Office of the Immigratio Services Commissioer (OISC) umber 1.20 If your applicatio is approved ad you are over 18, you will eed to take part i a citizeship ceremoy. The veue will ormally be withi a local authority area ear where you live. If you wat to have your ceremoy i aother area you should give us details of the local authority locatio below. Local Authority Name Postcode If you are a British overseas territories citize, complete parts below Did you acquire British overseas territories citizeship by registratio or aturalisatio? Please tick ( ) oe box YES NO If you have tick ( ) o go to 1.43 If you have ticked Yes please give: Certificate umber Date of issue Place of issue Referece umber, if kow 4

5 1.22 Have you previously reouced British citizeship? Please tick ( ) oe box YES NO If you have tick ( ) Yes please give: Reuciatio umber Date of reuciatio 1.23 State ay close coectios that you have with the Uited Kigdom or with ay particular British overseas territory. Cotiue o a separate sheet of A4 paper. 5

6 Sectio 2: Residece Requiremets 2.1 Date ad place of first arrival i the Uited Kigdom (see page 10 of Guide). Date Place 2.2 Were you settled (see page 10 of guide) i the Uited Kigdom immediately before 1 Jauary 1983? Yes No 2.3 Please give details of all abseces from the Uited Kigdom durig the last five years. (see page 10 of the guide). Failure to complete this will result i delay to your applicatio. If ecessary, please cotiue o a separate sheet of A4 paper. Coutry Visited Reaso eg, Holiday, busiess, visitig relatives Date of departure from Uited Kigdom/territory Date of retur to the Uited Kigdom/territory D D M M Y Y D D M M Y Y Total umber of days abset More abseces show o separate sheet of A4 paper Yes No 6

7 2.4 Please provide your addresses for the past five years. (Cotiue o a separate sheet of A4 paper if ecessary.) From: From: To: To: From: From: To: To: From: From: To: To: From: From: To: To: 7

8 Sectio 3: Good Character Requiremet I this sectio you eed to give iformatio which will help the Home Secretary to decide whether he ca be satisfied that you are of good character. Checks will be made with the police ad possibly other Govermet Departmets, the Security Services ad other agecies. 3.1 What is your occupatio? 3.2 Are you A employee? A busiess parter? Self-employed? A director? 3.3 Name of employer or busiess 3.4 of employer or busiess 3.5 of employer or busiess Crimial Covictios: Civil Proceedigs 3.6 Do you have ay crimial covictios i the UK orayothercoutry or ay civil judgemets made agaist you (icludig traffic offeces)? Yes No If you have aswered Yes above please give details below for each setece startig with the most recet oe. If you have received more the two seteces you should cotiue o a separate sheet of A4 paper. Covictios spet uder the Rehabilitatio of Offeders Act 1974 do ot eed to be disclosed (see guide pages 12-15). If you have aswered No please go to questio 3.7. Iformatio may be checked with other agecies. First setece Nature of offece Date seteced Setece give Coutry where seteced Secod setece Nature of offece Date seteced Setece give Coutry where seteced 8

9 3.7 Are your details recorded by the police i respect of certai sexual offeces (i.e. o the sex offeders register ), or are you subject to a otificatio order, a sexual offeces prevetio order, a foreig travel order, or a risk of sexual harm order (or equivalet order made i a British overseas territory or ay other coutry)? 3.8 Have you ever bee charged or idicted iside or outside the Uited Kigdom with a crimial offece for which you have ot yet bee tried i court? Yes Yes No No 3.9 I times of peace or war have you ever bee ivolved i, or suspected of ivolvemet i, war crimes, crimes agaist humaity or geocide? 3.10 Have you ever bee ivolved i, supported or ecouraged terrorist activities i ay coutry? Have you ever bee a member of, or give support to a orgaisatio which has bee cocered i terrorism? 3.11 Have you ever, by ay meas or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violece or that may ecourage others to terrorist acts or other serious crimial acts? 3.12 Have you egaged i ay other activities which might idicate that you may ot be cosidered a perso of good character (see also page 16 of the guide)? Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No If you aswered yes to ay of the questios 3.7 to 3.12 please provide details o a separate sheet of A4 paper For the purposes of aswerig questios 3.9 to 3.11 please refer to the Guide B (OTA) which provides guidace o actios which may costitute war crimes, crimes agaist humaity, geocide or terrorist activities. 9

10 Sectio 4: Relevat service i a British overseas territory 4.1 Is your applicatio based o Crow or other service i a British overseas territory Yes, please give details i 4.2 below No, please go to sectio Details of Service Type of service Territory where service took place Date service started Date service eded 10

11 Sectio 5: Referees ad Idetity This part is to be filled i by your referees after you have fixed a photograph of yourself aside. Your referees should read page 18 of the guide to cofirm that they are eligible. Checks will be carried out to esure that referees meet the requiremets below ad their sigatures are geuie, ad we may cotact them as part of our equiries. Name of applicat Affix passport size photo See page 25 of the guide 5.1 Oe referee should be a perso of ay atioality who has professioal stadig, e.g. miister of religio, civil servat, or a member of a professioal body e.g. accoutat or solicitor (who is ot represetig you with this applicatio). I the case of a child uder 18, this should be a professioal who has egaged with the child i a professioal capacity, such as a teacher, health visitor, social worker or miister of religio. The other referee must ormally be the holder of a British citize passport ad either a professioal perso or over the age of 25 (but see also page 19 of the guide). Both should declare that: they are ot a relative, solicitor or aget of the applicat; they are ot related to either referee; they are ot employed by the Home Office; they have ot bee covicted of a imprisoable offece durig the last 10 years (uless the covictio has become spet uder the Rehabilitatio of Offeders Act 1974); they have kow the applicat persoally for more tha 3 years; they are willig to give full details of their kowledge of the applicat; they will advise the Home Office of ay reaso why the applicat should ot be registered. 1st Referee declaratio I declare that I am qualified to act as referee. The photograph above is a true likeess of the applicat. I cofirm each of the poits i 5.1 above. I cofirm that to the best of my kowledge the details give o page 3 of this form are correct. 5.2 Say how you kow the child ad state either your age or your professio 2d Referee declaratio I declare that I am qualified to act as referee. The photograph above is a true likeess of the applicat. I cofirm each of the poits i 5.1 above. I cofirm that to the best of my kowledge the details give o page 3 of this form are correct. 5.2 Say how you kow the child ad state either your age or your professio 5.3 1st Referee full ame 5.3 1st Referee full ame 5.4 Sex Male Female Sex Male Female 5.5 If you have bee at this address for less tha 3 years please lisr previous addresses o page Daytime telephoe umber If you have bee at this address for less tha 3 years please lisr previous addresses o page Daytime telephoe umber 5.7 address 5.7 address 5.8 Curret British citize passport umber 5.8 Curret British citize passport umber I uderstad that I may be liable for prosecutio resultig i a pealty of up to 3 moths imprisomet or a fie ot exceedig 5,000 or both if I kowigly or recklessly make a false declaratio. Sigature of referee Date I uderstad that I may be liable for prosecutio resultig i a pealty of up to 3 moths imprisomet or a fie ot exceedig 5,000 or both if I kowigly or recklessly make a false declaratio. Sigature of referee Date 11

12 Sectio 6 - Biometric Erolmet I accordace with British Natioality (Geeral) (Amedmet) (2) Regulatios 2014 ayoe applyig for aturalisatio or registratio as a British citize must register their biometric iformatio. For more iformatio about registerig your biometric iformatio, please see the accompayig guidace otes which you must read before completig this form If you have a curret grat of leave o a Biometric residece permit, you must provide your Biometric residece permit for the applicatio to be valid ad complete. 6.1 Have you bee issued with a Biometric residece permit with a previous applicatio for leave? Yes go to questio 6.2 No go to questio 6.12 Please give details of your Biometric residece permit. Please ote for the applicatio to be valid ad complete your curret Biometric residece permit must be provided, uless it is ot available for oe of the reasos specified o the applicatio form. Biometric residece permit 6.2 Biometric residece permit umber 6.3 Natioality 6.4 Issue date 6.5 Expiry date 6.6 Place of issue 6.7 Biometric Residece Permit eclosed? Yes No If ot eclosed the please state the locatio of Biometric Residece Permit Retured to Home Office - go to questio 6.8 Lost - go to questio 6.9 Stole - go to questio 6.10 Other - go to questio If the required Biometric residece permit has bee retured to the Home Office, please give details of the reaso ad the date that it was set to us 6.9 If the BRP was lost, please give the date this was reported to the Home Office card maagemet service 6.10 If the BRP was stole, please give the police report umber, crime referece umber, the police statio ad the date reported to the police Police report umber 12

13 Crime referece umber Police statio Date reported to the Police 6.11 If the required BRP is ot eclosed the please give details why you are uable to provide it 6.12 Have you had your figerprits take as part of a previous UK immigratio applicatio made i the UK or abroad? Yes go to questio 6.13 No go to questio Date your figerprits were take 6.14 Give details where your figerprits were take, icludig the tow or city ad coutry 6.15 Give details of the British diplomatic post(s) ivolved if the applicatio(s) was or were made abroad 6.16 Do you have a medical or physical coditio which may require special arragemets for your biometric features to be recorded? Yes please provide us with a letter from a treatig cliicia registered with the Geeral Medical Coucil (GMC) givig details of the coditio ad/or special eeds ad explaiig ay arragemets that may be ecessary. No Applicats uder the age of 16 Please complete questios 6.17, 6.18 ad (Applicats uder the age of 16 must be accompaied by a paret, legal guardia.) 6.17 Is the applicat 16 years old or more complete questios 6.1 to 6.16, the go to 6.21 less tha 16 years old go to questio Give details of the perso who will be accompayig the applicat whe he or she atteds their Biometric iformatio registratio appoitmet Name of resposible adult Date of birth 13

14 Natioality Relatioship to child 6.19 Is this perso the applicat s paret or legal guardia? Yes go to questio No go to questio Please explai why a perso other tha the applicat s paret or legal guardia will be accompayig the applicat 6.21 Declaratio TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL APPLICANTS As required by British Natioality (Geeral) (Amedmet) (2) Regulatios 2014, I cofirm that I wish to register my biometric iformatio. (If applyig for a perso uder the age of 16), I uderstad that the Home Office may make equiries about ay resposible adult omiated to be preset whe figerprits ad/or a photograph are take. Sigature of applicat/paret or guardia Date 14

15 Sectio 7: Declaratio by Applicat WARNING: To give false iformatio o this form kowigly or recklessly is a crimial offece puishable with up to 3 moths imprisomet or by a fie ot exceedig 5,000 or both. (Sectio 46(1) of the British Natioality Act 1981, as ameded). 7.1 I, (full ame i BLOCK LETTERS) declare that, to the best of my kowledge ad belief, the iformatio give i this applicatio is correct. I kow of o reaso why I should ot be registered as a British citize. I promise to iform the Home Secretary i writig of ay chage i circumstaces which may affect the accuracy of the iformatio give whilst this applicatio is beig cosidered by the Home Office. I uderstad that iformatio give by me will be treated i cofidece, but may be submitted for checkig agaist records held by other Govermet departmets, the Security Service ad other agecies, local authorities ad the police, where it is ecessary for immigratio or atioality purposes, or to eable these bodies to carry out their fuctios. I uderstad that I may be liable for prosecutio if I have kowigly or recklessly provided false or icomplete iformatio. I authorise the HM Reveue & Customs to provide the UK Border Agecy with ay iformatio relevat to this applicatio, ad with ay iformatio eeded to check the iformatio I have provided. I uderstad that ay iformatio provided to the HM Reveue & Customs i coectio with this applicatio may be used by them for the purpose of their statutory fuctios. I authorise the UK Border Agecy to make equiries of the Isolvecy Service (Eglad ad Wales) the Accoutat i Bakruptcy (Scotlad) the Official Receiver (Norther Irelad) other appoited Receiver cocerig my declaratio of bakruptcy. I agree that the relevat body may disclose persoal iformatio obtaied as part of their statutory fuctio. 7.2 I cofirm that I have read ad uderstood the Guide T 7.3 I cofirm that I have eclosed the appropriate applicatio fee ad paymet slip 7.4 I cofirm that I have eclosed the appropriate documets 7.5 I uderstad that a certificate of citizeship may be withdraw if it is foud to have bee obtaied by fraud, false represetatio or cocealmet of ay material fact, or if o the basis of my coduct the Home Secretary cosiders it to be coducive to the public good. 7.6 *I declare that, although I do ot meet all of the statutory requiremets for aturalisatio, I believe that, i view of the followig special circumstaces, the Home Secretary should treat me as fulfillig those requiremets or waive the eed i my case to fulfil them. *Delete if ot applicable 7.7 Special circumstaces - which requiremets do you thik you fail to meet ad what are the special circumstaces? (cotiue o a separate sheet of A4 paper). 7.8 Please sig below oce you are satisfied you have completed the form correctly. Fees are ot fully refudable for applicatios that fail or are withdraw. You are recommeded to read the guide, particularly those sectios o how to qualify. Sigature Date 15

16 SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS Your applicatio caot be cosidered without certai evidece. You should provide documets to cover each of the sectios show below that are relevat to your applicatio, ad tick to idicate the type of evidece you have eclosed. If you are cocered about submittig your origial documets the you may wish to cosider usig the Natioality Checkig Service described o page 7 of the Guide. We reserve the right to call for documets to satisfy ourselves as to their autheticity. Providig forged or fraudulet documets may result i prosecutio leadig to fies, imprisomet ad deportatio. SECTION 1: Evidece of Idetity: required for all applicatios Your passport OR Natioal Idetity card OR Home Office travel documet OR Home Office etitlemet card OR Home Office ARC letter OR Your birth certificate OR *Your drivig licece OR SECTION 2: Evidece of lawful residece durig the 5 years before the date of the applicatio required for applicatios made o the basis of residece i the Uited Kigdom required for all applicats. Your passports OR Letters from employers, educatioal establishmets or other Govermet Departmets idicatig presece i UK SECTION 3: Evidece of freedom from immigratio time restrictios. Your passport showig permissio to remai permaetly i the UK OR The Home Office letter by which you were give permissio to remai permaetly i the UK OR Evidece of beig freely laded. SECTION 4: Evidece of Crow service for applicatios made o the basis of your Crow service. A letter from the relevat employer cofirmig date ad place of recruitmet, positio held, ad the extet to which it would be i the employer s iterests for the applicatio to be grated. SECTION 5: Evidece of tax for self-employed applicats oly. The most recet HM Reveue & Customs Self Assessmet Statemet of Accout. 16