Priority Processing Now Available For British Citizenship Applications

Applicants for British citizenship may now be able to pay for a faster decision under the Home Office’s priority service.

The change is particularly significant for naturalisation applicants, who have traditionally had to rely on the standard citizenship processing timeframe without the option of paying for expedited consideration.

What is the new British citizenship priority service?

Eligible applicants can pay an additional £500 for the priority service.

The Home Office states that applicants using the service will usually receive a decision within 30 working days. This is considerably faster than the standard service, under which citizenship applications can commonly take up to six months to be decided.