This page explains whether you can appeal against the Home Office decision if your application for citizenship or other form of nationality is unsuccessful.

If your application is unsuccessful the Home Office will write to tell you why. Although there is no legal right of appeal or review you may write to the Home Office if you believe that their decision to refuse your application was wrong. You will need to show that the Home Office decision was not soundly based on nationality law or the current policy or procedure. These are described in the relevant guides to applicants and in any other communication you have received from the Home Office.

If you write to ask the Home Office to review their decision, you must explain why you think Home Office have not correctly applied the law and policy in your case. Home Office will reply and will:

• confirm that they have correctly applied the law and policy; or
• answer particular points you raised about how they applied the law and policy.