£1000 fees for British Citizen Children declared unlawful by the Court of Appeal.
The court of Appeal upheld the landmark ruling which was decision was initially made at the High court. Currently the Home office charges £1012 for a child to register as British Citizens. However the process cost about a third of the fee charged {at £372}, the Home office says the profit is used to fund other areas of work. https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2021/193.html.
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