Closed petition Lower citizenship fees for all those who were born in the UK

Closed on 9 January 2022

We would like the Government to lower costs for citizenship for people born in the UK before 2006. Currently you are not automatically a British citizen unless your mother was British or your father was British and married to your mother. You must instead register to become a British citizen.

The cost to apply is £1,012 if you're under 18 and £1,206 if you're over 18, plus an extra £19.20 to have your biometric information taken. For most people this is a large amount of money, especially when you may have more than likely assumed you were British. I feel this system is unfair. Please allow those born in Britain to be British, without having to pay excessive costs.