Petition Free British citizenship for all commonwealth soldiers and veterans

I am a South African, living in the uk, and think it's a disgrace, that I have to pay my way to get British citizenship. I have fought for the queen in Afghanistan yet I have to now pay, to live in the county I fought for!

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The fee for a settlement application within the UK will increase to £1,875. British citizen naturalisation fees for adults will increase to £1,156 and child registration fees to £936, which also represent 25% increases.2 Mar 2016

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

2,830 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 2,830 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 29 December 2016
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