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The police registration scheme ended on 4 August 2022. 
 
You no longer need to register with the UK police after you: 
 
  • arrive in the UK, if you applied for a visa from outside the UK 
  • get permission to stay longer, if you’re already in the UK 
 
If you’ve been told to register with the police, you no longer need to do this, even if you were previously told to. 
 
Although you no longer need to update the police, you still need to tell the Home Office about any change to your personal details.
 
If you have a police registration certificate from prior to August 2022, you should destroy it before throwing it away, for example by shredding it or cutting it into pieces to ensure personal information is protected.

 Please see the links in Related Information for further details. 

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Foreign nationals may apply to become a British citizen (including commonwealth and Irish citizens).

You must satisfy the following conditions,

  • have lived legally in the United Kingdom for five years (the last year should have been free of any time limit) see below for further information about this condition;
  • be 18 or over
  • not be of unsound mind;
  • be of good character;
  • have sufficient knowledge of English, Welsh or Scottish Gaelic (depending on your age and physical and mental condition); and
  • stay closely connected with the United Kingdom.

In order to comply with the first condition, you must not have been absent from the UK for more than 450 days over the 5-year period and for more than 90 days in the last 12 months.

If you are married to a British citizen and you want to become one then you must meet the following conditions,

  • have lived legally in the United Kingdom for three years, see below for further information about this condition,
  • the stay must not be subject to any time limit on the date of application
  • must be 18 or over 
  • not of unsound mind, 
  • must have sufficient knowledge of the language but does not need to intend to live in the United Kingdom once naturalised. 
  • must be of good character.

In order to comply with the first condition, you must not have been absent from the UK for more than 270 days over the 3-year period and for more than 90 days in the last 12 months.

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Yes, 112 is the single European emergency number. The number should only be used in an emergency as with 999. Please see Q484 for information on what would be considered an emergency.

This means that wherever you are in the European Union you can dial 112 from a mobile or land line and you will be put through to the emergency services in the country you are in.

The number has been introduced so that visitors to other countries within Europe do not have to remember a lot of different numbers for the emergency services. The calls are dealt with in exactly the same way as they would be if the caller had rung the national number for emergencies.

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