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British immigrants should hand in their permanent residence cards in time after naturalization.

China people are very keen on tourism and immigration in recent years, and Britain is one of several popular countries for China people to immigrate. It is reported that the official website of the British Home Office recently published a new immigration regulation. After successful naturalization, the Permanent Residence Card (BRP) must be returned to the Ministry of the Interior within 5 days, or you will face a fine of 1 000.

Even if the permanent residence card is not returned within the specified time, the permanent residence card will automatically become invalid after the successful naturalization of the applicant. As a direct result, if you continue to use China passport and permanent residence card to enter the UK, you will most likely be refused entry and face a fine of 65,438+0,000.

This policy change will undoubtedly have an impact on many China citizens who have recently immigrated to Britain. Even Chinese who were naturalized before 65438+February 9 will be worried about the impact of this policy.

What is the essence of this policy change? Liu Peng, a senior immigration lawyer registered by the Home Office of the British Immigration Bureau, made relevant analysis.

1. Will immigrants continue to hold China passports?

In real life, we can see that many people of China nationality still hold dual passports or nationalities for various reasons, and show different passports according to the situation when entering and leaving the border inspection in Britain and China. After the introduction of this policy, these people may be affected when they enter and leave the UK.

Liu Peng believes that this change in the guide has no change or influence on immigrants who hold China passports or British passports. Up to now, the China government still recognizes only one nationality, that is, once China citizens acquire British nationality, in theory, China passports should be cancelled or withdrawn.

At present, the British government recognizes dual nationality, which means that no matter how many nationalities you have, this policy change only makes new provisions on the BRP permanent residence card, especially for immigrants who apply for naturalization after 20 15 12.9, they must return the BRP permanent residence card.

2. If you have applied for naturalization before February 9, 65438, will your entry and exit in the UK be affected?

According to Liu Peng's analysis, immigrants in this situation should not be affected, because the policy guidelines are specifically aimed at applications submitted after February 9, 65438, and there is no legal provision to cancel the permanent British stickers or BRP cards they have obtained. Therefore, Liu Peng believes that people who applied for or obtained British citizenship before February 9, 65438 will not be forced to take back their permanent residence certificates or BRP cards unless the Immigration Bureau issues a new policy to require them to be taken back.

Moreover, if immigrants have obtained British citizenship, they only need to show their British passports when entering the UK, and they do not need to show their BRP cards.

New immigrants need to pay attention to the specific records generated by entering and leaving the UK. When leaving the UK, the China passport will leave an exit stamp, while the British passport will not have any seal; When you enter China, whether you use a China passport or a British passport, you will leave an entry stamp; When you enter the UK, you will have an entry stamp when you use a China passport, but there will be no stamp record when you use a British passport. .

In addition, regarding the right of abode (certificate of right of abode), which immigrants are confused about, Liu Peng understands that the right of abode is actually a product of history. It is a historical reason for BNA 198 1 (British Nationality Law 198 1). At that time, the nationality laws of Commonwealth countries were relatively loose for British nationality of Commonwealth residents. The proposal submitted by 198 1 was formally implemented on 1983. In the past two years, there have been many transitional problems and legal disputes. In order to solve these legal disputes, a solution is put forward, which is applicable to applicants who must be British nationals or who have never applied for a British passport.

In fact, if you want to apply for the right of abode, you must have British citizenship first. There are some opinions on the Internet that children of China citizens born in Britain can obtain the right of abode in Britain in this way, thus avoiding the embarrassment of dual nationality. Liu Peng thinks it is debatable, because the law stipulates that children must obtain citizenship before they can apply for the right of abode. As long as British nationality is obtained, theoretically, it will not be recognized by the China government, and it cannot be treated and used as permanent residence. The reason why this certificate was successfully used in China and Britain in the early stage was due to the negligence of the border inspection staff. I believe this loophole will not exist for a long time.