A person is born an English citizen or they can apply for the naturalization process when they attain the age of 18. To become a U.K. national, you generally have to prove that you have been on Indefinite Leave to Remain/EU Settled Status for a specified period before you may apply for a British passport as your naturalization document. Moreover, one must be free from a criminal record and must not have breached the immigration rules.

Once your application for permanent residence is granted, you should be able to live, study, and work indefinitely in the UK without any limitations imposed by immigration. You may also travel and spend time abroad without worrying about losing your status. However, it takes around 3 to 6 months to receive a decision on your British citizenship application. If you want to work in the UK during this period, you have to prove your right to work to your employer.

Also, make sure that you understand the eligibility for British citizenship properly to avoid British citizenship refusals.

Keep reading if you want to work and live in the UK via the British citizenship route. 

Who Can Work in the UK?

An individual is said to be entitled to work within the UK only if the person is either a British national or holds valid settled status in the United Kingdom. For individuals other than UK residents, the right to work in the country shall be governed according to the immigration status and restrictions made applicable through the grants of leave.

For example, some leave under a work visa allows those eligible to engage only in the work specified under the visa category but for the period granted under the visa. Indefinite leave to remain, in contrast, has no limitation concerning UK immigration or work, and eligibility is indefinite.

Every worker in the UK irrespective of race, nationality, or immigration status, must provide evidence to a prospective employer of their right to work. Included in this category are Irish citizens, citizens of Britain as well as EU nationals.

Use Immigration Status Document to Prove ur Right to Work 

Usually, non-British or Irish citizens use one of these to prove their right to work in the United Kingdom: 

• Passport where the Home Office 'endorsements' are provided

• Immigration Status Documents 

• Application Registration Cards
  
  

Other Documents that you may present if:

• You have a decision pending on your EU Settlement Scheme application or British citizenship application 

• You have been granted settled or pre-settle status in Guernsey, Jersey, or Isle of Man 

• You are a Ukrainian citizen. 

• You are a frontier worker, primarily a citizen of Switzerland, an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, or Norway living outside the UK and coming here to work. 
  
  

Use a Passport to Prove Your Right to Work 

You can prove your right to work with a passport Because your passport contains a Home Office 'endorsement' - a vignette (a sticker) or a stamp. It has to be current. You cannot use it if it has expired. That endorsement will one of the show that any of the following:

• You have been given indefinite leave to enter or indefinite leave to remain in the UK 

• No Limit to your stay in the UK 

• You have the right to stay and work in the UK – any work or the preferred type of work you are trying to do 

• You have a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode 

• "Immigration control exemption, e.g. you are a diplomat
  
  

Use Immigration Status Document to Prove Your Right to Work 

Proving your right to work through Immigration Status Document. To receive an immigration status document, you need both to apply to you:

• You don't have a UKVI account

• You were not endorsed in your passport at the time of permission to stay in the UK.

Such immigration status documents would apply to you, for example, if you are a refugee or have been given humanitarian protection or discretionary leave. You must also ensure that this immigration status document is current.

You have to give your employer an official letter from an ex-employer or government agency. The letter will include your name and National Insurance number.

EU Settlement Scheme or British Citizenship Application

Waiting for a decision regarding an application for British citizenship or the EU Settlement Scheme? The good news is you can now prove your right to work while awaiting a decision.

You can also show a physical certificate of application if you have received it from the Home Office to prove your right to work. You will need to show your certificate to your UK employer, who will then be able to check your immigration status with the Home Office.

You can visit the official immigration website of the UK government to understand how you can prove your right to work. You must also read their guide on eligibility for British Citizenship before you apply for one. 

Conclusion 

Usually, you need to have EU-settled status or an Indefinite Leave Remain status in the UK to qualify for the British citizenship application. If you have either of these two statuses you can prove your right to work to your employer and get employed in the UK as a worker. Also, certain types of UK visas allow you to work in the UK under certain restrictions.

With the Indefinite Leave Remain status, these immigration restrictions are removed and you can work in the UK by providing your ILR documents or passport if you have one. Moreover, hiring an immigration solicitor will greatly help you in such situations as they will guide you throughout the British citizenship application process. They will also help you prove your right to work to your employer while you are awaiting a decision on your British citizenship application.