Citizenship Areas
Advice on permission to stay as a stateless person, family applications and the next stages of your immigration position.
We assess whether any country recognises you as a national under its laws.
We review whether permanent residence elsewhere is available and how this affects the UK route.
Being unable to obtain a passport does not, by itself, establish statelessness. We examine your nationality history and personal circumstances before recommending an application.
This is an application for permission to stay by a person already in the UK. It is not a visa to travel here.
We prepare the case around your nationality history and the information available about your status.
Review your identity, family background and previous immigration or nationality decisions.
Assess the available records, identify gaps and explain the circumstances of your case.
Prepare the appropriate application and support you through relevant appointments and enquiries.
Explain the outcome and advise on family matters, further permission or an available review.
We explain the application arrangements and any separately agreed professional fees before work begins.
We consider your place of birth, parentage, previous citizenship and dealings with relevant authorities. Our advice addresses the particular legal and practical issues affecting your position.
Statelessness and asylum involve different assessments. If you fear persecution on return, asylum may need to be considered first.
We review any pending or previous protection and human rights claims when advising on the appropriate sequence of applications. Related advice is available on our Asylum and Humanitarian Protection page.
We assess the position of eligible partners and children who formed part of the family before statelessness permission was granted.
A family formed after the grant may need to use the separate family immigration provisions.
The appropriate application depends on the relationship, family history and where each person is living. A relative who is independently stateless may need their own assessment.
We advise on applications to remain, arrangements for eligible relatives abroad and the position of children as the family’s circumstances change.
We explain the permission granted, its conditions and how to demonstrate your immigration status. Further permission may be needed if settlement is not yet available.
We review the reasons and whether administrative review is available. The decision and relevant deadline must be checked before choosing the next step.
We can assess any further information or separate immigration issue that needs attention, rather than assuming every refusal has the same remedy.
The statelessness route can lead to indefinite leave to remain when the relevant residence, continuing eligibility and other conditions are met. We assess your qualifying history and the rules applying to your application.
Partners and children need their own settlement assessment. Earlier grants under the former statelessness provisions also need to be reviewed against the current rules.
Permission to stay as a stateless person does not itself make you British. We can review a later citizenship application or a child’s possible registration entitlement separately.