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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
A record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship as Trump began his second term
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, according to the first set of data covering the start of Donald Trump's second presidential term. Some 1,931 Americans put in an application, the most since records began in 2004 and a jump of 12% on the previous quarter, figures from the UK Home Office showed Thursday. Applications had already soared during the October-December period, which coincided with Trump's re-election. Successful applications by US citizens to settle permanently in the United Kingdom, rather than just move there initially, also hit a record high last year, the latest period for which official data is available. Settlement comes with the right to live, work and study in Britain indefinitely and can be used to apply for citizenship. More than 5,500 Americans were granted settled status in 2024, a fifth more than in 2023. The last time American applications for British citizenship spiked was in 2020, during Trump's first presidential term and at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other data also showed that in the first six months of 2020 more than 5,800 Americans gave up their citizenship, nearly triple the number from all of 2019. The statistics were compiled by Bambridge Accountants, a firm with offices in New York and London specializing in cross-border taxation. 'These are mainly people who already left the US and just decided they've had enough of everything,' Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August 2020. Many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the United States at the time and how the pandemic was being handled, but another reason for their decision was often taxes, he said. While many Americans are looking to build a life in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, that's becoming more difficult. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week that the government would toughen requirements for legal migrants and extend the wait for newcomers to claim citizenship. And earlier this week, Italy enacted a law that removes the route to citizenship through great-grandparents. The country had already tightened visa rules for non-European Union citizens. CNN's Alaa Elassar, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Rob Picheta contributed reporting.
CNN
23-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship as Trump began second term
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, according to the first set of data covering the start of Donald Trump's second presidential term. Some 1,931 Americans put in an application, the most since records began in 2004 and a jump of 12% on the previous quarter, figures from the UK Home Office showed Thursday. Applications had already soared during the October-December period, which coincided with Trump's re-election. Successful applications by US citizens to settle permanently in the United Kingdom, rather than just move there initially, also hit a record high last year, the latest period for which official data is available. Settlement comes with the right to live, work and study in Britain indefinitely and can be used to apply for citizenship. More than 5,500 Americans were granted settled status in 2024, a fifth more than in 2023. The last time American applications for British citizenship spiked was in 2020, during Trump's first presidential term and at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other data also showed that in the first six months of 2020 more than 5,800 Americans gave up their citizenship, nearly triple the number from all of 2019. The statistics were compiled by Bambridge Accountants, a firm with offices in New York and London specializing in cross-border taxation. 'These are mainly people who already left the US and just decided they've had enough of everything,' Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August 2020. Many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the United States at the time and how the pandemic was being handled, but another reason for their decision was often taxes, he said. While many Americans are looking to build a life in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, that's becoming more difficult. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week that the government would toughen requirements for legal migrants and extend the wait for newcomers to claim citizenship. And earlier this week, Italy enacted a law that removes the route to citizenship through great-grandparents. The country had already tightened visa rules for non-European Union citizens. CNN's Alaa Elassar, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Rob Picheta contributed reporting.
CNN
23-05-2025
- Business
- CNN
Record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship as Trump began second term
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship between January and March, according to the first set of data covering the start of Donald Trump's second presidential term. Some 1,931 Americans put in an application, the most since records began in 2004 and a jump of 12% on the previous quarter, figures from the UK Home Office showed Thursday. Applications had already soared during the October-December period, which coincided with Trump's re-election. Successful applications by US citizens to settle permanently in the United Kingdom, rather than just move there initially, also hit a record high last year, the latest period for which official data is available. Settlement comes with the right to live, work and study in Britain indefinitely and can be used to apply for citizenship. More than 5,500 Americans were granted settled status in 2024, a fifth more than in 2023. The last time American applications for British citizenship spiked was in 2020, during Trump's first presidential term and at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Other data also showed that in the first six months of 2020 more than 5,800 Americans gave up their citizenship, nearly triple the number from all of 2019. The statistics were compiled by Bambridge Accountants, a firm with offices in New York and London specializing in cross-border taxation. 'These are mainly people who already left the US and just decided they've had enough of everything,' Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August 2020. Many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the United States at the time and how the pandemic was being handled, but another reason for their decision was often taxes, he said. While many Americans are looking to build a life in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, that's becoming more difficult. Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer said last week that the government would toughen requirements for legal migrants and extend the wait for newcomers to claim citizenship. And earlier this week, Italy enacted a law that removes the route to citizenship through great-grandparents. The country had already tightened visa rules for non-European Union citizens. CNN's Alaa Elassar, Barbie Latza Nadeau and Rob Picheta contributed reporting.
The Independent
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
US applications for British citizenship skyrocket after Trump election win
The number of Americans applying to become British citizens has skyrocketed since Donald Trump's second inauguration, new Home Office data reveals. More than 1,930 US citizens applied to call the UK home in the first three months of 2025, which is a stark 12 per cent increase from the previous quarter and the highest number on record. Ono Okeregha, director at the Immigration Advice Service (IAS), told the Financial Times: 'People are leaving because of fear, frustration and financial security. Beyond that is a deeper fear about personal safety.' One of them is rock star Courtney Love, who told a crowd at the Royal Geographical Society that she will become an official British citizen in six months. 'Emperor-core is going on at Mar-a-Lago,' the former lead singer of Hole said, according to the Daily Mail. 'It's frightening now.' While many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the US, another reason for their decision is often taxes, Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants said. According to IAS data, online traffic to Ireland citizenship pages rose by 800 per cent after Mr Trump's inauguration. Similar spikes were seen on citizenship pages for Canada, UK and Spain, with a 600 per cent increase seen in UK citizenship pages after Mr Trump's inauguration. Immigration lawyer Dina Modi said the droves of Americans applying are being driven by 'fear and uncertainty' at the direction of the Trump administration. She said: 'Many clients have expressed that their views do not align with the current government and are anxious about what the future holds for them and the welfare and their families. 'Another recurring concern is fear. Particularly from same-sex couples, and the increasing pressure from various states to ban such marriages.' LGBTQ+ celebrities such as comedian Ellen DeGeneres and designer Tom Ford have made public their misgivings about Mr Trump and already swapped their West Coast abodes for the Cotswolds and Chelsea respectively. The Home Office data also shows a 9.6 per cent increase in American students applying for student visas in the UK following Mr Trump's attacks on 'wokeness' on campus in the US. More than 6,100 US citizens applied for British citizenship last year, marking the highest number in two decades and a 26 per cent rise from 2023.
Saudi Gazette
05-03-2025
- Business
- Saudi Gazette
Record number of Americans applied for UK citizenship after Trump re-election
LONDON — Americans applied for British citizenship in record numbers last year, with a historically high volume of applications submitted in the last quarter of 2024 – a period coinciding with US President Donald Trump's re-election. More than 6,100 US citizens applied for UK citizenship last year, the most since records began in 2004, when fewer than 3,000 Americans submitted an application, according to data from the UK's Home Office. Last year's numbers also saw a marked uptick from 2023, a year with fewer than 5,000 applications by US citizens. Applications by Americans soared in the last three months of 2024, when more than 1,700 people applied – the most in any quarter in the past two decades. The surge is reminiscent of an upswing recorded in the first six months of 2020, when more than 5,800 Americans gave up their citizenship, nearly tripling the number from all of 2019. That uptick came in the wake of Trump's first presidency and changes in tax policy, analysts argued then, and were mostly Americans who had already been living in Britain for some many people who renounced their citizenship complained of being unhappy with the political climate in the US, another reason for their decision is often taxes, Alistair Bambridge, a partner at Bambridge Accountants, told CNN in August himself could apply for British citizenship, through his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born and raised in Scotland before leaving as a 17-year-old for the United States to work as a domestic servant in more Americans scramble for UK passports, some British citizens have recently sought their own the years following the UK's vote to leave the European Union (EU) in 2016, the number of Britons applying for Irish passports – giving them the right to freely work, live and travel across Europe - almost with Trump's re-election in November last year leaving Americans around the world worried about what the next four years may bring, some communities have sniffed an Italian village launched a website aimed at would-be American expats, offering up more cheap homes in the hope that those upset by the election's outcome will rush to snap up one of its empty properties – and revive its fortunes after decades of depopulation.'Are you worned (sic) out by global politics? Looking to embrace a more balanced lifestyle while securing new opportunities?' the website asks. 'It's time to start building your European escape in the stunning paradise of Sardinia.' — CNN
