Supporting documents must be supplied and you must send:

• your valid passport or travel document. If your passport was not issued in the United Kingdom and you are making your application in the United Kingdom, your passport must contain immigration stamps showing that you are living here;
• two passport-size photographs taken within the past six months; and
• the documents needed to prove that you have a right of abode. 

Documents to prove your right of abode

The list below shows the different ways in which you can prove right of abode and the documents you must send the Home Office as evidence of that. You must send the Home Office the original documents, not photocopies. Birth certificates and marriage certificates must be the ones issued at the time of birth or marriage. If they are not, please explain why.

If you were registered or naturalised as a British citizen on or after 1 January 1983 or
you were registered or naturalised as a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies in the United Kingdom before 1 January 1983

You should send your registration or naturalisation certificate.

If you were born in the United Kingdom before 1 January 1983

You should send your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details.

If you are a Commonwealth (not British) citizen born before 1 January 1983 to a parent who was born in the United Kingdom

You should send:

§               your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details; and

§               your parent's full United Kingdom birth certificate.

If you are a female Commonwealth citizen who was married before 1 January 1983 to a man with right of abode in the United Kingdom

You should send:

• your marriage certificate; and
• evidence of your husband's right of abode, such as his passport or United Kingdom birth certificate.

If you were born in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands on or after 1 January 1983, or in another qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21 May 2002

You should send:

• your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details; and
• evidence of either parent's British citizenship or settled status at the time of your birth, such as a passport describing that parent as a British citizen or showing that he or she had indefinite leave to remain at the time of your birth; and
• your parents' marriage certificate, if you are claiming through your father.

If you were born outside the United Kingdom and the Falkland Islands on or after 1 January 1983, outside the United Kingdom or any qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21 May 2002, to a parent who was born in the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands or, on or after 21 May 2002, any qualifying British overseas territory;
or
registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom before your birth

You should send:

§               your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details; and

§               your parents' marriage certificate, if you are claiming through your father; and

§               the relevant parents' full birth certificate, registration or naturalisation certificate.

If you were born outside the United Kingdom or the Falkland Islands on or after 1 January 1983, or outside the United Kingdom and any qualifying British overseas territory on or after 21 May 2002, to a parent who, at the time of your birth, was a British citizen in Crown service or a designated service

You should send:

• your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details; and
• your parents' marriage certificate, if you are claiming through your father; and
• evidence of your parent's relevant employment at the time of your birth, such as a letter from the employer.

If you were adopted in the United Kingdom, a qualifying British overseas territory, or otherwise under the terms of the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption

You should send:

• your adoption certificate; and
• evidence of your adoptive parents' citizenship (such as a passport); and
• if a convention adoption, evidence of your parents' place of habitual residence at the time of the adoption (such as your adoption certificate).

If you were a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and were ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom for a continuous period of five years before 1 January 1983 and were settled in the United Kingdom at the end of that period

Evidence of:

• your citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, such as a passport, or certificate of naturalisation or registration; and
• your settlement and five years of ordinary residence in the United Kingdom before 1983, such as your passport, P60 tax forms, details of National Insurance contributions, social security claims, or employers' letters.

If you were a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and had a parent who was born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom before your birth or adoption

You should send:

• your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details, or your adoption certificate; and
• your parents' marriage certificate, if claiming through your father; and
• the relevant parent's full birth certificate or certificate of adoption, registration or naturalisation.

If you were a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies and had a grandparent who was born, adopted, registered or naturalised in the United Kingdom before your parent's birth or adoption

You should send:

• your parents' marriage certificate, if you are claiming through your father; and
• your relevant parent's full birth certificate or adoption certificate; and
• your full birth certificate, showing your parents' details, or your adoption certificate; and
• your grandparents' marriage certificate, if you are claiming through your grandfather; and
• the relevant grandparent's full birth certificate, or certificate of adoption, registration or naturalisation.