The Identity Cards Act 2006 (Application and Issue of ID Card and Notification of Changes) Regulations 2009

Documents required from British citizens or British subjects who do not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport who were not born or adopted in the United Kingdom

16.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be a British citizen, who does not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen, who was not born or adopted in the United Kingdom, but who has been issued with a certificate of registration or naturalisation –

(a) the applicant’s passport on which the applicant first entered the United Kingdom; and

(b) the applicant’s valid certificate of registration or naturalisation.

17.  In the case of an applicant who claims to be a British citizen, who does not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen, who was not born or adopted in the United Kingdom, who has not been issued with a certificate of registration or naturalisation and who is a citizen of a British Overseas Territory -

(a) the applicant’s birth or adoption certificate in a form which contains details of the parents, or, as the case may be, adoptive parents of the applicant, in so far as they are included on the relevant register; and

(b) the applicant’s valid passport describing the applicant as a citizen of a British Overseas Territory.

18.—(1) In the case of an applicant—

(a) who claims to be a British citizen, but not a citizen of a British Overseas Territory;

(b) who does not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen;

(c) who was not born or adopted in the United Kingdom;

(d) who was born before 1st January 1983; and

(e) whose father was a British citizen at the time of the applicant’s birth,

the applicant’s passport on which the applicant first entered the United Kingdom and either:

(i) the applicant’s birth certificate in a form which contains details of the parents, if issued by a British consulate or High Commission, or

(ii) the other documents specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The other documents specified for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) are –

(a) the applicant’s birth certificate not being a certificate issued by a British consulate or High Commission, in a form which contains details of the parents of the applicant, in so far as they are included on the relevant register;

(b) the applicant’s father’s birth certificate or their certificate of registration or naturalisation; and

(c) the applicant’s parents’ marriage certificate .

19.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (5), in the case of an applicant—

(a) who claims to be a British citizen;

(b) who does not currently hold a valid United Kingdom passport describing the applicant as a British citizen;

(c) who was not born or adopted in the United Kingdom;

(d) who was born on or after 1^st January 1983;

(e) who has not been issued with a certificate of registration or naturalisation; and

(f) who is not a citizen of a British Overseas Territory;

the documents specified in paragraph (2), and either one of the documents specified in paragraph (3), or one of the documents specified in paragraph (4), together with the applicant’s parents’ marriage certificate.

(2) The documents specified are –

(a) the applicant’s birth certificate in a form which contains details of the parents of the applicant, in so far as they are included on the relevant register; and

(b) the passport on which the applicant first entered the United Kingdom.

(3) The documents specified are –

(a) the applicant’s mother’s United Kingdom birth certificate;

(b) the applicant’s mother’s certificate of registration or naturalisation; and

(c) the applicant’s mother’s passport, describing her as either a British citizen or a British subject (Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies), valid at the time of the applicant’s birth.

(4) The documents specified are –

(a) the applicant’s father’s United Kingdom birth certificate;

(b) the applicant’s father’s certificate of registration or naturalisation; and

(c) the applicant’s father’s passport, describing him as either a British citizen or a British subject (Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies), valid at the time of the applicant’s birth.

(5) Where an applicant provides a birth certificate issued by a British consulate or High Commission overseas, references in this paragraph to documents specified in sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) do not apply.