Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Lower the fee for naturalisation as a British citizen
Closed
196 signatures
What the petition asks
The current fee for naturalisation for adults is £1330. The fee for registering a child as a British citizen is £1012. These should be lowered to the cost to the Home Office of processing the application.
The Home Office's own internal data has shown that these fees are 3–4 times higher than the true cost of processing the application. For many people who have lived in the UK for many years and to all intents and purposes feel British, citizenship is prohibitively expensive.
Timeline
| 13 Mar 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 13 Sep 2020 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
196
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
13 Mar 2020
Closed
13 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.