The number of Americans looking for British citizenship has reached a record high level since Donald Trump was re -elected.
More than 6,100 American citizens applied last year, a record high after the figures started two decades ago and 26 percent more than in 2023.
Immigration lawyers claim that the presidential bid and the victory of the leader stimulated the increase in early November, in which others add the American political landscape that was 'a very serious director'.
Elena Hinchin, partner at law firm Farrer & Co, said: 'We have certainly seen more interest in the US's citizenship since the run -up to the election campaign.
“There is much more interest than under the previous Trump government.”
She added that the abolition of the British non-Dominee tax status had also encouraged some rich Americans in Great Britain to look for citizenship before they left, the Financial Times reports.
Some experts have warned against a black -white lecture of the figures, but with Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at Oxford University, points out that politics is often a 'third or fourth order factor' for people who go from 'safe countries', no important reason in themselves.
Data from home office shows that applications by Americans have steadily risen since the end of 2022.
Immigration lawyers say that the presidential bid and the leader's victory stimulated the increase in early November, in which others add the American political landscape that was 'a very serious director'
In general, the applications for British citizenships last year rose by 6 percent to 251,000, another record
In the last quarter of 2024 they rose in particular and rise 40 percent year after year to around 1,700.
In general, the applications for British citizenships had risen by 6 percent last year to 251,000, a different record.
Being eligible for British citizenship means that he has lived in the UK for five years or have parents with British citizenship.
Anyone who is married to a Brit and has lived in the UK for three years can also apply.
Ono Okeregha, director of the Immigration Advice Service of the law firm, said that the day after the American elections in November there was a 'huge peak' in British citizenship.
There is also an increase in Americans who were looking for citizenship in Ireland, with data that last year reveals an increase in applications of 46 percent of people in North America with Irish descent.
