The Good Character Requirement - The Home Office will decide who has been “naughty or nice”
The Home Office have recently updated their guidance on the Good Character Requirement for applications to become a British Citizen by Naturalisation. Background How is the Good Character requirement assessed in relevant nationality application? There is no definition of good character in the British Nationality Act 1981 and therefore no statutory guidance as to how good character should be interpreted or applied. The decision therefore is left solely at the hands of the decision maker. The Good Character requirement was controversially applied to anyone over the age of 10 and above since 4 December 2006. That provision was repealed and on 13 January 2010 was replaced by an insertion of Section 41A into the British Nationality Act 1981 on 13 January 2010 . The Act in layman terms simply states that no adult or young person shall be registered as a British Citizen unless they are of good character. The Home Office has a non-exhaustive list, from which they ask a great num...