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NOTE A - Joint applications for naturalisation or discretionary registration

Where applications for naturalisation or discretionary registration by a husband and wife residing together are made at the same time, the fee for the husband is £200 and the fee for the wife is £70.

NOTE B - Minor children (under 18 years)

Where applications are made at the same time for the registration of more than one minor of the same parent, either by inclusion in a parent's application or in separate application forms, only one fee of £35 is payable. (The reference to a parent includes a step-parent and an adoptive parent.)

NOTE C - Reduced fee for certain applicants

(i) If you apply for registration under section 5A(2) or for naturalisation and belong to one of the categories listed at (ii) below, your application, if approved, will attract a reduced fee of £70 if it becomes evident, on consideration of your application, that you would have been entitled to registration under section 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 had that Act been in force on the date your application was made. If you send the fee of £200 with your application, a refund of £130 will be made if appropriate.

(ii) Persons who may be eligible are as follows:

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5A(2)

British subjects without citizenship under section 13 or 16 of the British Nationality Act 1948

Citizens of Eire who have declared an intention to remain British subjects under section 2 of the British Nationality Act 1948

Women who are British subjects under section 1 of the British Nationality Act 1965

APPLICATION FOR NATURALISATION

British protected persons

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Witnessing the signing of an application or declaration

A fee of £2 is charged for witnessing the signing of an application or declaration by a commissioner for oaths or notary public in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, or by a sheriff principal, sheriff or notary public in Scotland. No fee is charged when the signing of an application or declaration is witnessed by a justice of the peace in the United Kingdom.

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This leaflet has no legal authority as an interpretation of the British Nationality Acts 1948 · 1965 or of the Regulations made thereunder, and is intended merely as a guide.

WARNING TO APPLICANTS

In recent years the continuous rise in the costs of administering applications for citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies has meant that fees charged have had to be increased from time to time. The fees detailed in this leaflet are in force for applications received on or after 1 April 1982. Applications received on or after 1 April 1983 may attract an increased scale of fees.

Home Office Nationality Division Lunar House

40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 28Y Tel. No. 01-681 3421

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