UK "earned" citizenship announcement

The current UK government have announced that the previous government’s proposal of “earned citizenship” is to be dropped.

Many of you may recall that this idea would see many applicants having to wait longer before being eligible to apply for citizenship. It also contained proposals that applicants would have to undertake voluntary work to apply for citizenship and introduced a concept of “probationary citizenship”.

This announcement will come as a relief to many applicants who have been waiting to see if their pathway to citizenship would become more difficult.

Meanwhile we await with interest the government’s proposals on the immigration cap or quota.

For more information, please see;

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/newsarticles/2010/nov/15-settlement-reforms

For advice on applying for UK visas or citizenship, then please visit our website;

http://www.commonwealthimmigration.com/immigration-advice-uk.htm