Can I register as a British citizen or British overseas territories citizen if I am a stateless person born in the United Kingdom or British overseas territories on or after 1 January 1983?
This page provides details of how a stateless person can register as a British citizen or a British overseas territories citizen using application form S3.
You should read the information in this section before you make an application for registration. You will need to pay a fee when you make your application. If you make an application for registration and it is unsuccessful because you are not eligible, we will not refund your full fee.
To be eligible to apply for British citizenship using application form S3 you must have been born in the United Kingdom or British overseas territories on or after 1 January 1983.
If you were born before this date you will need to apply using application form S1. You should visit the section for stateless people born before 1 January 1983 for details of the requirements you must to meet.
If you were born outside the United Kingdom or British overseas territories you will need to apply using application form S2. You should visit the section for stateless people born outside the United Kingdom after 1 January 1983 for details of the requirements you must meet.
The requirements you need to meet
To register as a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, or a British overseas citizen you must:
- be stateless; and
- have always been stateless; and
- have been born on or after 1 January 1983; and
- have been born in the United Kingdom and the British overseas territories; and
- be under 22 years old on the date of application; and
- have been present in the United Kingdom or British overseas territory at the beginning of a five-year period ending on the day we receive your application; and
- not have been absent from the United Kingdom or British overseas territory for more than 450 days in that five-year period.