The British Nationality Act 1981 ( Section 41A(1)mandates that all applicants for naturalisation as British citizens must be of Good Character. This requirement also applies to individuals aged ten or over who apply for registration as British citizens. The good character requirement for British citizenship includes a long list of factors that could prevent or delay the process. These range from serious criminal offences to non-criminal attributes, such as being bankrupt or having previously violated immigration rules.

As the UK is coming to the end of the transition phase on the 31^st of December 2020 and will then have left the EU, the government have designed a new points based immigration system.

The new system will come into effect from the 31st of December 2020, at 11:00 PM, when freedom of movement between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) will officially end.

As the governments around the world continue to battle the outbreak of the Corona Virus (Covid-19), people’s lives have been turned upside down, with many livelihoods affected, especially as most businesses and work is at a standstill due to the lockdown.

The UK government has tried to assist the general public in dealing with the effects of this lockdown, and we wish to highlight those measures that may be helpful, specifically for migrants on various visas (i.e. those not already holding ILR or British Nationality). There may be several options for those already settled and British Nationals, including making an application for Universal Credit; the two main avenues of help available can be classed under two areas: