Record number of Americans apply for UK citizenship

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The number of Americans applying for UK citizenship is the highest in the record last year, Donald Trump’s return to power and the UK tax changes contributed to the rise of appeal by Britain’s US citizens.

Last year 6,100 US citizens applied, which started the record about two decades ago and 26 percent higher than 2023.

According to data published by the Home Office, the petitions of US citizens, especially in the last quarter of 2021, increased to about 5 percent to about 5 percent.

Immigration lawyers said that Trump’s president in early November helped to increase the increase in the re -election bid and victory, as well as encouraged UK tax changes to secure British passports before the Americans exit.

Elena Hinchin, a partner of the law firm Farrar & Co, said the US political landscape was a “very serious driver” to increase interest in UK residence.

“Since the leadership of the electoral campaign we have certainly seen more interest in US citizenship,” he said. “There is a lot of interest under the previous Trump administration.”

Henchin added that the UK’s non-dom tax status encouraged some of the rich Americans living in Britain to seek citizenship before leaving.

“Many high -ly-valuable people are considering leaving the UK because of tax change,” he said. “They now want to apply for citizenship so that they do not lose the right to do so. The The It simply keeps the door open and refers to more flexibility for their kids ””

To apply for UK citizenship, someone must be in the UK for five years or parents with British citizenship. If they are married to a Brit and have been in the UK for three years, they can apply.

Home Office data shows that Americans’ applications have grown continuously since the end of 2022.

The data, director of the Oxford University Migration Observatory, says that the data became “especially interested” to earn citizenship last year, but warned that people usually have a range of personal reasons for citizenship in other countries.

“For people who have moved away from safe countries, politics tend to as a third or fourth order factor, not the root cause of themselves,” he said

However, the Law Farm Immigration Advis Service Director Ono Okarega said British citizenship was searched on British citizenship on the next day of the US election, with continuous interest in citizenship and visa since Trump’s second term began.

He also added that US applications began to emerge a few years ago, which he said “after the first donald dash” reflecting, as people from Britain to Trump’s first term from 20 to 2021 began to qualify for UK citizenship.

Americans have also increased in Ireland to seek citizenship, with Data reveals 46 percent increase With the Irish descendants in applications last year from North American people.