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The issue here is that as soon as you naturalized, your ILR ceases from that point onwards, therefore possibly creating more problems to begin with.cool mind wrote:When an ILR holder naturalized to British but still not applied/get British passport then will he still be asked those questions and can he join British people queue in airport??
why the ILR ceases and creating more problems??? Is naturalization does not grant citizenship or holding British passport is mandatory??WR1 wrote:The issue here is that as soon as you naturalized, your ILR ceases from that point onwards, therefore possibly creating more problems to begin with.cool mind wrote:When an ILR holder naturalized to British but still not applied/get British passport then will he still be asked those questions and can he join British people queue in airport??
No, based on my experience. It's not just once, & nor do you get asked the same questions every time you re-enter; though there have been several instances where I've not been asked any questions. I've been in and out through UK airports many times since my ILR 2 years ago & have come to the conclusion that the questioning is random. The main repeat question I've been asked is how long I've been away & where, occasionally I've been asked where I study/work, what I do etc (I expected these 2 questions to stop after ILR, even though they were consistently asked when I was re-entering as a student/WP & T1 visa holder). And once or twice, I've been told I'm sure you know the drill by now... just to check my biometrics & move me along. I've personally never been asked anything particularly intrusive, the painful experience of re-entering has always been the long queues.cool mind wrote:Do the border agency staff on airport always ask same questions from ILR holder on its each re-entry or these questions are being asked only once since getting ILR. Any perception especially practical experience of member??
In my opinion, No.cool mind wrote:The main key question here is that "whether the re-entry is entirely depend on answering these irrelevant questions".
How would the fact that we had not registered our daughter for citizenship years earlier cause us to be denied reentry after being away on vacation for two weeks? There is simply no coherent reason or even a widly outside relationship between that and us being allowed back into the country of our permanent residence. Atleast I could sort of see why they would ask why I and/or my wife hadn't naturalized, because of just their own personal curiousity. Still completely irrelevant, but maybe they just want to make a bit of conversation. But a small child? It doesn't make any sense.cool mind wrote:The main key question here is that "whether the re-entry is entirely depend on answering these irrelevant questions".
Well my situation is perhaps a bit different in that my native country does allow for multiple citizenship, so this really wasn't a consideration for me. I don't exactly know about the others who have posted on this thread. Some of them may also be allowed to possess dual or multiple citizenships (and may indeed do so now). It is true that I have no intention of ever giving up my native citizenship. But in my case, I really just didn't have all the much interest or need in acquiring British citizenship. That perspective changed with the arrival of my youngest child who was born automatically with British citizenship.theroyale wrote:I'm glad I found this thread. I have just got my UK ILR, and like ouflak1 and a couple of other members who've posted here I have no intention of giving up my home country's citizenship, ...
theroyale wrote:...but still hope to be able to freely enter and stay in the UK from now on, because, after all, I have been granted Indefinite Leave to Remain, right?
Technically no. But there are posts on this forum of those who have managed to skirt around this restriction for some number of years. That would seem to be all over with now though as the UK has introduced exit checks at all primary ports of departure. They will very quickly be able to deduce whether someone is actually living in the UK as opposed to just visiting/working/maintaining-status.theroyale wrote:I have asked the question on this forum before but will ask again as this seems a relevant thread: would it be possible for me, as the director of my own UK limited company with most - but not all - my clients in the UK, to switch between or combine living&working in my home country and living&working the UK?
theroyale wrote:The ILR rules seem to suggest that you have to be a 'returning resident' but in this day and age what does that exactly mean?
Only having a 'working life' is not enough to fulfill the expectations of those granted ILR, and certainly is far outside spirit of this visa status.theroyale wrote:I don't plan to own property in the UK (being a technology worker having concrete premises is just not that important to me). But I will be paying myself salary and dividends for 12 months of the year through my company, paying UK taxes etc and can produce my latest P60 if required at the border, to 'prove' that I haven't just lapsed into being a visitor and actually have a real working life in this country.
Yes people have had the ILR status cancelled at the border, sometimes in error, because the border agent was not convinced that the person was genuinely living their private, professional, and social life primarily based in the UK. You can find some of those posts on this website.theroyale wrote:Thoughts/experiences would be appreciated on this point. Have people actually been 'downgraded' to a visitor's visa from an ILR - even though they have returned within the 2 year stipulation - because a border agent has not been convinced that they are a 'returning resident'?