As we recently explained (“The ‘good character’ requirement for British naturalisation”, 13 January 2020), British naturalisation applications can be fatally damaged by character issues emanating from the ten-year period before the date of application. Now another, connected, issue and potential problem presents itself to the nation – or at least that part of it which…
It is sometimes the case in the immigration field that the basic law sets out very broad principles and other policies, rules or laws provide the detail. For example, the British Nationality Act 1981 simply tells us that a successful applicant for British naturalisation must be of “good character”. This sounds intuitively reasonable, but how…
