I haven't decided yet if I will apply, I will decide after searching for an expert solicitor that has dealt with similar cases (covid absences discretion during qualifying period) and see what they say, meanwhile, thanks for offering your insight, and happy Christmas! Also: If anyone used the pandem...
As I have explained I don't believe that your case would qualify for discretion under the pandemic or compassionate reasons Thanks for sharing your view. Based on what I read from Immigration solicitors, I don't think the discretion for the pandemic-related absences is as black-and-white as you des...
If that is the case, I am sorry but it seems you don't respect the requirement of future intentions to live in the UK. Naturalisation is an application with a number of requirements and it's elective, not compulsory, if you don't intend to make the UK your future home and you have more than the all...
The second (Guidance Naturalisation as a British citizen by discretion), says that for my absence days, discretion could still apply if any of those 3 options (cited above) applies, and one of those 3 options is the 7 years residency you mentioned, the others are the compassionate reason and the in...
I realised you did post exactly how many absences you have and the maximum number of absences normally disregarded is 480, not 500 - apologies. If you applied now you would need to have 7 years of continuous residence, but you were abroad in 2017, so you don't meet that requirement. I think to appl...
Just one point: I am considering applying for British Naturalization based on the time-window between January 2019 and January 2023, You can't select the residency period for naturalisation - it's 5 years working back from the application date, unless I am misunderstanding this your statement. Othe...
My situation: - Italian Passport. - Moved in the UK in 2009. - 2013: Graduated (BSc) in a London University in Computer Science (if that matters for my connections with the UK) - Spent from September 2015 to November 2018 working abroad (Czech Republic). - Came back to the UK in November 2018. - Gra...
