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Reference
(The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HO 405
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Title
(The name of the record)
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Home Office: Aliens Department and successors: Aliens Personal Files, Applications for Naturalisation (ALP and IMP file series)
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Date
(When the record was created)
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1900-1996
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Description
(What the record is about)
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The files relate to individual foreign citizens (mostly European) who arrived in the UK between 1934 and 1948 and who applied for naturalisation. All files include application for naturalisation with police reports. Some also include initial application for visa or employment permit, change of name or business name and Second World War internment papers. Files were opened when the individual first applied to enter the UK and continue until naturalisation or death.
Files relating to married couples are listed under the name of the husband and the wife's file is attached to the husband's. Spelling of names sometimes varies throughout the files. The name listed is that used on the naturalisation certificate (where issued) or applied for but they are listed only by surname and initial letters with alternative names being noted as 'aka' (also known as) or 'formerly'. All possible variants of a name should be used when a search is being conducted.
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Arrangement
(Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
A number is allocated to an applicant personally (eg. Adler is A1303) and this is maintained throughout the life of the file series which is variously 'plain', ALP and IMP. The files are now referred to as 'applicants personal files'.
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Related material
(A cross-reference to other related records)
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Selection of aliens personal files see
HO 382
Duplicate copies of naturalisation certificates (1870-1987) are in
HO 334
For naturalisation case papers (1879-1934) see
HO 144
For a sample of aliens' registration cards see
MEPO 35
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Held by
(Who holds the record)
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The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference
(Former identifier given by the originating creator)
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ALP and IMP
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Legal status
(A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language
(The language of the record)
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English, German and Italian
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Creator(s)
(The creator of the record)
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- Home Office, Aliens Department (B Department), 1913-1962
- Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Department, 1962-1962
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Physical description
(The amount and form of the record)
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65051 file(s)
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Access conditions
(Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 100 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition
(When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2000 Home Office
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Subjects
(Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
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Internment
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Labour
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Marriage and divorce
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Conflict
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Nationality
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Operations, battles and campaigns
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Accumulation dates
(The dates the record was accumulated)
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From 1934
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Accruals
(Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is not accruing.
By June 2012 The National Archives had received papers for those aliens with surnames starting with letters A-O. Those for surnames starting with letters P-Q were released in December 2012, letter R in April 2013, letter S in July 2013, letters T-V in October 2013 and letters W-Z in December 2013.
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Selection and destruction information
(Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
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All the files in the aliens personal series were scheduled for destruction with the exception of a number of illustrative and famous cases which were transferred into HO 382. In 1992 the PRO learned that not all files opened before 1948 had been destroyed. Those which survived provided sufficient additional insight into pre and post-war European immigration and World War Two internment to justify preservation of a high proportion. All surviving files which included an application for naturalisation have been preserved in this series regardless of whether the application was approved. It is estimated that some 40% of naturalisation applications have survived.
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Record URL
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15109/
