Resource Type: Family and Personal Migration

Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association Working Group on Family and Personal Migration

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Apply for a British Overseas Territory or Commonwealth country visa (9 July 2026).

Updated to reflect that UKVI no longer accepts visa applications for British Overseas Territories or Commonwealth countries.
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Form T: guidance (8 July 2026). 

Updated with information on processing times for the priority service.
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Form B(OTA): guidance (8 July 2026).

Updated section on application processing times in ‘Guide B3: Registration as a British citizen – Irish citizens’.
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Form B(OTA): guidance (8 July 2026).

Updated ‘Guide B2: registration as a British citizen following residence in the UK’ with information on processing times for the priority service.
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Form AN: guidance (7 July 2026).

Updated the guidance with information about the new priority service.
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Form B(OTA): guidance (7 July 2026).

Updated Guide B1: registration as a British citizen guidance as the priority service is now live.
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Form B(OS): guidance (7 July 2026).

Updated the application processing times section with information about the priority service.
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Form MN1: guidance (7 July 2026).

A new section ‘when will the child become British?’ has been added. The section on returning your BRP has been updated and renamed ‘destroy your Biometric Residence Permit (BRP)’
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Priority treatment requests: caseworker guidance (6 July 2026).

Updated to reflect the introduction of the Priority Service for nationality applications.