High fee 'removes children's right to UK citizenship', court hears

‘Exorbitant’ £1,012 registration fee costs the Home Office £372 to process

The “excessively high” fee the government charges children to register as a British citizen effectively removes their entitlement to citizenship, the high court has heard.

The Project for the Registration of Children as British Citizens (PRCBC) argues the “exorbitant” £1,012 registration fee, for an application which costs the Home Office just £372 to process, is unlawfully high. The charity says that many children who are entitled to citizenship, having been born in the UK and lived here for their first 10 years, are prevented from applying because of the cost.

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