Commonwealth nationals are citizens of an associate state in the Commonwealth of Nations. Though not all the Commonwealth nationals are permitted to have the right to Abode in the UK, or be qualified to live and work without restrictions.
Credential of Entitlement for the Right to Residence
This UK abode document can be generally given to British nationals when they have to approve their right for enduring residence in the UK. The certificate verifying the right to the house can also be delivered for some Commonwealth nationals and UK passport owners considered as British subjects.
Commonwealth nationals can obtain this residence title only in the resulting cases:
As a result of a wedding to a male with a right to Abode
As earlier 1 January 1983 a female Commonwealth national wedded a man with a right to Abode
As she arrived earlier 1 August 1988 into the UK as a married individual to such a man
As, she arrived in the UK officially, from the start of their wedding and then she was the only lawful wife of such a man
Inborn from a parent with a right to Abode in the UK
As the applicant has a minimum of one parent that was either born in the UK or was a national of the UK and colonies when the applicant was born or adopted
As the applicant on 31 December, 1982 was a Commonwealth national
As the applicant continued a Commonwealth national any time after that date
Documents required to apply for this certificate:
A legal passport or travel document with authorization stamps
Passport size photographs (two copies)
For an applicant who on or after 1 January 1983 was listed or accepted as a British national
Credential of registering or naturalization
For an applicant congenital earlier 1 January 1983 in the UK
Full birth documentation with the details of parents
For an applicant who earlier 1 January 1983 was listed or accepted as a UK and Colonies national in the UK
Certificate registering or naturalization
For an applicant who on 21 May 2002 become a British national and prior to that they were a British Foreign Territories national
Passport of British Foreign Territories
Birth documentation
When born out of a foreign territory:
Wedding certificate of parents if applying through the father
Parent’s birth certificate
Parent’s documentation of registering or naturalization
When listed or accepted earlier 21 May 2002 as a British Foreign Territories citizen:
Documentation of registering or naturalization
When listed or accepted on or after 21 May 2002 as a British Foreign Territories national:
Documentation of registering or naturalization and credential of registering as a British national
For an applicant congenital prior to 1 January 1983 who is a Commonwealth national with a parent born in the UK:
Candidate’s birth certificate
Parent’s birth certificate
Certificate of the wedding if applying through the father
For a female applicant who is a Commonwealth national wedded prior to 1 January 1983 in the UK to a gentleman with the right of Abode there:
Claimant’s marriage certificate
Documents to assure that the claimant’s husband had, before 1 January 1983, the Right of Abode
The UK birth certificate or passport
Documentation of registering or naturalization
For an applicant born on or after 1 January in the UK or the Falkland Islands 1983, or on or afterwards 21 May 2002 in additional qualifying British foreign territory:
Candidate’s certificate of birth
Parent passport as a British national or telling that they at that time had a settlement consent (ILR)
If the applicant is congenital earlier 1 July and applies through the father:
Parents’ documentation of the wedding
For an applicant born on or afterwards 1 January 1983 external of the UK and the Falkland Islands, or congenital on or after 21 May 2002 out of the UK and any qualifying British foreign territory, with a parent born in the UK or the Falkland Islands, or congenital on or after 21 May 2002 in any British foreign region with a parent listed or accepted in the UK before they were born:
Applicant’s birth certificate
When the applicant was born prior to 1 July 2006 and is applying through the father
Parent’s documentation of the wedding
Parent’s credential of birth
Documentation of registering, or naturalization
For an applicant congenital on or afterwards 1 January 1983, external of the UK and the Falkland Islands, or congenital on or after 21 May 2002 out of the UK and any British foreign territory, with a parent who, when the applicant was born was a British foreign territory national
Applicant’s birth certificate
When the applicant was born before 1 July 2006 and is applying through the father
Parents’ credential of wedding
Official Letter from the company to validate that the parent was working when the applicant was born
For an applicant adopted on or after 1 June 2003, in British foreign territory, or somewhere else
Documentation of adoption
Passport of the nation they lived when adopted the applicant
For an applicant who had a UK and Colonies nationality, and who before 1 January 1983 has stayed in the UK for five consecutive years and after that they took the settlement authorization
A valid passport of UK and Colonies
Documentation of naturalization or registering in the UK and Colonies
Document (s) to assure settlement in the UK and for living in the UK before 1 January 1983
Legal passport
P60s
Info about National Insurance contributions
DSS entitlements
Official Letter of companies
For an applicant who had a UK and Colonies nationality, whose parent before the candidate was born or adopted was either born, adopted, listed or naturalized in the UK
Candidate’s birth certificate
Claimant’s documentation of adoption
Parents’ documentation of wedding if born before 1 July 2006 and applying through the father
Parent’s’ certificate of birth
Parent’s’ documentation of adoption
Documentation of registering or naturalization
For an applicant who had a UK and Colonies nationality, whose grandparent before the applicant’s parent was born or adopted, was either born, adopted, listed or accepted in the UK
Parents’ documentation of wedding if applying through the father
Parent’s birth certificate
Documentation of adoption
Candidate’s birth certificate
Applicant’s documentation of adoption
Grandparents’ certificate of the wedding if applying through the grandparent
Grandparent’s birth certificate
Grandparent’s documentation of adoption
Grandparent’s documentation of registering or naturalization
It charges £321 to apply for this certificate from within the UK.
UK Ancestry Visa
The visa owner can obtain a job, register in educational programs, carry dependent family associates, lengthen the duration of stay, but cannot use public funds and is illegal to move (change) to this visa from another one.
An individual applying for UK Ancestry Visa should be of the following circumstances:
Should overcome general grounds for rejection
Should be 17 years old or higher
Is qualified and aims to work in the UK
Be a grandchild of individuals who were born either in the UK, in the Republic of Ireland (earlier 31 March 1922), or inside a British-listed ship or aeroplane
Is the applicant or any of their parents is adopted, a child within a wedding, or out of it
Needed documents to apply for a UK Ancestry Visa are:
A legal passport or further travel document
Documents to validate maintenance funds for himself and any dependents for the period of stay in the UK.
Tuberculosis checkup results (if applicable)
Certificate of birth
Wedding certificate
Papers of adoption (if the applicant or a parent is adopted)
Papers to assure the right aim to get employed in the UK
