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<p>The Home Office has no current plans to specifically review the fees policy applicable
to stateless persons applying to register as a British citizen, however the Home Office
keeps its fees for immigration and nationality under review.</p><p>The Home Office
has no current plans to produce a specific impact assessment in respect of the fee
for a child or young person born stateless to register as a British citizen. An assessment
of the impact of all border, immigration and citizenship (BIC) fees was published
as an associated document to the Immigration and Nationality Fees (Regulation) 2018.
In response to a recommendation from the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and
Immigration the Department will consider publication of fee-related Policy Equality
Statements on a case by case basis going forward.</p><p>Statistics on the UK’s resident
population and on births by nationality of parent are a matter for the Office for
National Statistics.</p><p>The Home Office stateless leave policy is designed to assist
those who are unable to return to their country of former habitual residence because
they are stateless and no longer have a right of residence there. This also reflects
our obligations under the UN Stateless Conventions by providing a means for stateless
persons in the UK to access their basic human rights and is part of our efforts to
address wider global issues facing stateless persons. Leave to remain applications
to stay in the UK as a stateless person are free of charge.</p><p>There are citizenship
routes for children who are born in the UK: if their parent becomes British or settled,
or if they live in the UK for the first ten years of their life. In addition there
are provisions for stateless children which allow us to meet our obligations under
the 1961 Convention.</p><p> </p>
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