Petition · past parliament
Remove citizenship from foreigners that are not adopt British culture
Rejected
12 signatures
What the petition asks
Give foreigners back there original citizenship and a settled status/ visa in the UK but cannot claim any benefits
Increase the cost of British citizenship and increase to 10 years of working and paying tax in the UK to qualify for british citizenship
Increase the cost of British citizenship and increase to 10 years of working and paying tax in the UK to qualify for british citizenship
Monitor foreign british citizens regularly to ensure that they are interacting with there community. Have to fully adopt British culture and traditions
Useful information
https://youtu.be/yPW9Kg4TVeU
Increase the cost of British citizenship and increase to 10 years of working in the UK to qualify for british citizenship
Only British citizenships should be allowed to claim benefits, universal credit, PIP, ESA, housing benefits and child benefits
Useful information
https://youtu.be/yPW9Kg4TVeU
Increase the cost of British citizenship and increase to 10 years of working in the UK to qualify for british citizenship
Only British citizenships should be allowed to claim benefits, universal credit, PIP, ESA, housing benefits and child benefits
Why it was rejected
It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.
It is illegal for a country to make its citizens stateless. This means that the UK Government could not remove a person's citizenship if they were not a citizen of another country, and the UK Government cannot grant or return citizenship of another country to a person. Your suggestion of removing British citizenship is therefore not something the Government can do under its current legal obligations.
We could accept a petition calling for the Government to increase the requirements for gaining British citizenship, which is one of the things you propose in your petition. We could also accept a petition calling on the Government to change benefit entitlements, which you also suggest in your petition.
We could accept a petition calling for the Government to increase the requirements for gaining British citizenship, which is one of the things you propose in your petition. We could also accept a petition calling on the Government to change benefit entitlements, which you also suggest in your petition.
Timeline
| 21 Aug 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
12
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Sep 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.