SCHEDULE 1 Requirements for Naturalisation
British Nationality Act 1981 (1981 c 61) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 1 Requirements for Naturalisation

Sections 6, 18

Naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1)

1

(1)     Subject to paragraph 2, the requirements for naturalisation as a British citizen under section 6(1) are, in the case of any person who applies for it—

(a)     the requirements specified in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph, or the alternative requirement specified in sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph; and

(b)     that he is of good character; and

(c)     that he has a sufficient knowledge of the English, Welsh or Scottish Gaelic language; and

[(ca)     that he has sufficient knowledge about life in the United Kingdom; and]

(d)     that either—

(i)     his intentions are such that, in the event of a certificate of naturalisation as a British citizen being granted to him, his home or (if he has more than one) his principal home will be in the United Kingdom; or

(ii)     he intends, in the event of such a certificate being granted to him, to enter into, or continue in, Crown service under the government of the United Kingdom, or service under an international organisation of which the United Kingdom or Her Majesty's government therein is a member, or service in the

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