The UK Home Office has updated its guidance so that some people who entered the United Kingdom illegally may be eligible to apply for British citizenship.
NOT BSTOTAL BS
MOSTLY BS — Verdict: Mostly False
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The Short Version
The evidence shows the 2025 guidance change made citizenship harder, not easier, for people who entered the UK illegally. Official Home Office guidance says such applicants will normally be refused on good-character grounds. Although narrow exceptional cases may still exist, those do not show that the update created or expanded eligibility.
Caveats
“May be eligible to apply” is not the same as “likely to be granted”; the guidance says illegal entry will normally lead to refusal.
The phrase “updated its guidance so that” is misleading here because the documented change was restrictive, not permissive.
Rare exceptions or discretionary grants exist, but they are too narrow to describe the overall effect of the 2025 policy change.