CELC KIND UK Project Referral Questionnaire

  • CELC Child Citizenship Project referral form

    This project is run in collaboration with the KIND UK Network

  • Some basic information

    We need to collect this information so we can get in touch with you.

  • By filling in and submitting this form, you're consenting to us using the information that you've submitted for the purposes of assessing you/your child's referral and getting in touch with you. We will also record that you contacted us, as part of our monitoring. For more information, please see our privacy policy.

    After you have submitted this form, if you gave us an email address, we will email you a copy of the information you have submitted. 

    You can save this form and come back to it later, using the save button at the end of each section. The form will take about half an hour to complete in total. 

    Don't worry if you aren't sure of the answers to any of the questions. A CELC caseworker will review this form and will call you back. They will be able to help gather any more information that we need. If your enquiry is urgent please highlight this in the General Information section.

  • Our service at CELC covers England and Wales, including some services in London. 

    We also have partners in the KIND UK Network who run services in London, Scotland, and Manchester. With your permission, we can share your information directly with those partners if they can take your case on quicker. 

  • Who is filling in this form?*

  • About you, the adult representative

  • If you aren't the child's legal representative, please ensure you have the child, their parent, or their legal representative's permission to pass their data to us, and to make a referral on their behalf. 

    If you're making a referral on behalf of someone else, please explain to them that a caseworker at CELC will contact them. 

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  • The child's parent

    This is just contact details - we will collect detailed information later. Leave blank if the child's parent will not be involved in their application at all.
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  • About the child

    Please fill the rest of this form in from the child's perspective
  • Child's date of birth
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  • Which is the best way to contact the person filling in this form?
  • If you or the child have access needs, please tick the general categories of access need (this helps us make sure appointments meet your needs)
  • How did you hear about the project?

  • Ready for callback

    You can submit this form now and we will get in touch with you. However, if you have time, we would like to ask you more questions now, so that we can collect as much information as possible before we call. If you'd like to keep filling in more information, click 'next'.

  • Click Submit below to request a call back from our team. Or, click Next to keep answering questions and providing more information. You will be able to submit the form whenever you like.

  • About the child's immigration status

    We need this information so we can start to decide how best to help you before we get in touch.

  • General information

  • Was the child born in the UK?*
  • When did the child first enter the UK?*
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  • Has the child spent more than 90 days outside of the United Kingdom in any one year, in the first ten years of their life?
  • What is the child's current immigration status?
  • When was the child's current leave to remain, settled status, or pre-settled status granted?
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  • When does the child's limited leave to remain expire?
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  • Has the Home Office or a local authority told the child or their responsible adult(s) that they have "no recourse to public funds"?
  • Is the child a "looked-after child"?

  • A child who has been in the care of their local authority for more than 24 hours is known as a looked after child. Looked after children are also often referred to as children in care.

    In general, looked after children are:

    • living with foster parents
    • living in a residential children's home or
    • living in residential settings like schools or secure units.

    If you're still uncertain, leave your answer as "not sure" and we'll ask you about this in more detail when we call you back. 

  • Is the child and/or their parents financially supported by a local authority?
  • Category of application*
  • Does the child have siblings (brothers and sisters)?

  • If there are siblings under 18 with identical circumstances, you can list them here and we will re-use the details from this form to make a referral for all of them.

    Identical circumstances means that all of the following statements are true:

    • The children have the same parents
    • They all have the same living situation and legal guardian
    • If they have been outside the UK, they all left together and have come back together

    Please give details of the following:

    • Their name (required)
    • Their date of birth (required)
    • Their immigration status
    • Their current nationality
    • Their place of birth

    You can use the Add Another Sibling + button to add additional siblings. 

    You can scroll this box left and right to add additional details. 

  • Are all the siblings listed in the box above in identical circumstances to the main applicant?

  • You need to make a separate referral for each sibling with different circumstances. We do this to make sure that we capture all the information we need about each child. 

  • Urgent applications

    We consider anyone who meets any of the following criteria to be an urgent case, but this list is not exhaustive - if you think you may need urgent assistance but none of the criteria apply, please tick "other" and provide any information possible.
  • Tick if any of the following apply to the child or their parent(s):

  • Complete and submit the rest of this form in as much detail as you can, but don't wait to gather more information if you are unsure about any of the questions.

    Please be aware that KIND operates with a very long waiting list and we don't guarantee that we can help with urgent applications. We prioritise urgent applications where possible but we cannot guarantee a timeframe to assess your situation.

    It is very important that you seek immediate legal advice via a qualified immigration lawyer. If you have questions you can also email info@kidsinneedofdefense.org.uk - please put "urgent enquiry" or "removal risk" in the subject line as appropriate. 

  • Citizenship application questions

  • Type of application
  • Has the child received any police cautions, criminal convictions, or similar?

  • Cautions or convictions won't necessarily prevent a citizenship application from succeeding. We'll discuss your situation with you at a later stage. 

  • Leave to Remain application questions

  • Type of application

  • Previous legal advice

    We collect this information so that we can understand your situation more fully, and if necessary contact your previous lawyers to obtain your case files and any information you may have already provided or collected. 

  • Previous legal advice
  • Funding source
  • Were all family members included in the application?

  • School details

    We collect details on the schools the child/ren have attended in order to establish evidence of the child's life in the UK, and why it would be unreasonable to expect the child and/or their family to leave. 

  • GP details

    We collect details on the child/ren's GP(s) in order to establish evidence of the child's life in the UK, and why it would be unreasonable to expect the child and/or their family to leave. 

  • Is the child registered with a GP in the UK?
  • Is the child (or a close family member) receiving ongoing treatment for a serious health or medical issue at the moment?

  • Other applications and appeals

  • Other information

    Can you briefly explain why you do not think it would be reasonable to expect the child/their family to return to your country of origin/nationality? Please think about whether the child/family has family there, whether they are afraid to return, and whether the child/ren or their family would be at risk.

  • Local authority care information

    We use information about any time the child/ren have spent in care as part of establishing evidence of the child/ren's life in the UK, and to show (if applicable) why it would be unreasonable to expect the child/ren and/or their family to leave. 

    If you ticked 'yes' to the child being looked-after, this field will automatically be set to 'yes'. 

  • Have any of the children in this referral been in local authority care at any time, including now?

  • About the child's family

  • Child's mother's date of birth
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  • Child's father's date of birth
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  • Does the child live with at least one of their biological parents?
  • Are the child's biological parents together?
  • Have either of the child's parents been married before?
  • Have any previous marriages been dissolved?
  • Which parent does the child live with?
  • Are the parent(s) the child doesn't live with, involved in their life at all?
  • Should we avoid contacting the parent(s) the child doesn't live with due to a risk to the child, their family, or you (the responsible adult)?
  • Will the parent(s) who the child don't live with give their consent for them to apply for British citizenship?
  • Is the child's biological father named on their birth certificate?

  • About the child's mother

  • What is the child's mother's current immigration status?
  • When does the child's mother's limited leave to remain expire?
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  • Limited leave to remain can expire, and the person holding it must take steps to renew it before it expires if they wish to continue to reside in the UK. 

  • What is the child's mother's immigration status when the child was born?
  • When did the child's mother first enter the UK?
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  • Entry +5 years
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  • Was the child's mother: (tick all that apply)

  • About the child's father

  • What is the child's father's current immigration status?
  • When does the child's father's limited leave to remain expire?
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  • Limited leave to remain can expire, and the person holding it must take steps to renew it before it expires if they wish to continue to reside in the UK. 

  • What was the child's father's immigration status when the child was born?
  • When did the child's father first enter the UK?
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  • Father Entry +5 years
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  • Was the child's father: (tick all that apply)

  • Questions for children of EEA nationals

  • EEA countries are any one of the following:

    Austria Belgium Bulgaria
    Croatia Cyprus Czechia
    Denmark Estonia Finland
    France Germany Greece
    Hungary Iceland Ireland
    Italy Latvia Liechtenstein
    Lithuania Luxembourg Malta
    Netherlands Norway Poland
    Portugal Romania Slovakia
    Slovenia Spain Sweden
    Switzerland Turkey  
  • Was one or both of the child's parents an EEA national when the child was born?

  • Questions for children of EEA mothers

  • Did the child's mother enter the UK more than 5 years before the child was born?
  • Is the child's mother from an "accession state" - Czech Republic, Estonia,Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania
  • Did the child's mother have a Workers Registration Card?
  • Did the child's mother claim Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 6 months in the 5 years before the child was born?

  • Questions for children of EEA fathers

  • Did the child's father enter the UK more than 5 years before the child was born?
  • Is the child's father from an "accession state" - Czech Republic, Estonia,Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania
  • Did the child's father have a Workers Registration Card?
  • Did the child's father claim Jobseeker's Allowance for more than 6 months in the 5 years before the child was born?

  • Additional questions

  • Home Office application fees

    The Home Office charges a fee of £1,000 to apply for British Citizenship in most cases. Some applications are more expensive, and children in care are usually exempt from paying a fee. We can discuss fee exemptions and waivers with you when we call you back. 

    There is a fee waiver available for people who would suffer significant financial hardship if they had to pay the fee. More information about this is included later in this form. 

  • Fee waivers

    CELC can assess you/your child's suitability for a fee waiver. These may be granted on the basis of "significant financial hardship". Significant financial hardship means being unable to afford any of the following: food, energy bills, basic necessities, your rent or mortgage, or essentials for your child e.g. clothes and school supplies.
  • Would paying the application fee (currently £1000 per child in most cases) cause you or your family significant financial hardship?
  • Would you like KIND to consider you/your child's suitability for a fee waiver?

  • Financial evidence

    Applying for a fee waiver will involve submitting detailed information about your household's financial situation, income, and expenses over at least the six months prior to making the fee waiver application. You do not need to provide this evidence now.

    If possible, you should keep copies of any bank statements, benefit statements, wage slips, household bills, your tenancy agreement or mortgage information, any student loan information, and receipts for any other expenses. 

  • Waiting list information

    We may not be able to take your case on immediately. Our objective is to ensure every case is handled in sufficient time to make a successful application, but cases without special urgency may have longer wait times to be assigned to a lawyer.

  • Earlier, you told us that this child has siblings with different personal circumstances. 

    Remember, you need to make a separate referral for each sibling with different circumstances. We do this to make sure that we capture all the information we need about each child. 

    Please complete this form and then complete a new copy for each sibling with different circumstances. 

  • About the child

    We collect this information so that we can make sure we're providing our service fairly, to as many people who ask for it as we can.

  • You don't have to fill in any of the questions in this section, but it helps us if you do. Please make sure you have the child and/or their responsible adult's consent to provide this information. We will only use the information in this section for three purposes:

    1. We will use all of the information in this section to make sure that we are reaching all sorts of people who need our services
    2. We will use the information about the child's gender, if they have a disability, and the type of that disability to make sure that we provide our services in a way that meets the needs and preferences of the child and their responsible adults
    3. We will use the information on the child's household income and whether they are or may soon be homeless to prioritise their application if they are at risk of homelessness or destitution.
  • How would the child describe their ethnicity?
  • Do you or the child consider yourself to have a disability?
  • Tick all of the following that apply

  • Our service is primarily for lower-income children and families. In addition, our waiting list is very long and you will likely be waiting six to nine months before work can begin on your case. 

    Based on the approximate income you've supplied, we would encourage you to consider using a private immigration adviser or solicitor to make an application for you or your child. If there are reasons why you can't afford to pay for immigration advice despite a high income, we can discuss this with you during our initial call back. 

  • What is the child's current housing arrangement?
  • Is the child, their family, or the family they live with at risk of being made homeless within the next six months?
  • Should be Empty: