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If you read through the timeline threads, you will see that some people wait a few weeks for an acknowledgement. You are being very hopeful to think you would receive one almost immediately.However I have not received any acknowledgement yet and am therefore concerned.
At none of the London borough councils or just outside London? I find that very hard to believe, coupled with the fact that you did not want to take a little bit of time off work for such an important application.I did not use NCS as there were no appointments available within October time frame.
What visa is your wife on?IlrDependent wrote:She will complete three years on 01-March-2016.
@secret.simon, see link below. Wife is on a spouse visa and will only qualify for ILR in 2018.secret.simon wrote:What visa is your wife on?
afaik wife's status vis a vis her study depends on her immigration status - it is not inherited from anyone else's immigration status (or citizenship).IlrDependent wrote:Basically I am taking citizenship so that my wife can be treated as Home Student for PhD position. She will complete three years on 01-March-2016. Just wishing that I get British Passport by 01-April-16 as PhD session starts on 01-April where she is currently volunteering as research associate.
I think the OP has been confused by the statement that the spouse of a British citizen gets citizenship in three years, not realising that ILR remains a pre-requisite for citizenship for the spouse and that under the rules in place since 2012, ILR takes five years for spouses too.noajthan wrote:afaik wife's status vis a vis her study depends on her immigration status - it is not inherited from anyone else's immigration status (or citizenship).
I'm unclear what your nationality is & whether your or your wife is using your id (that seems to vary).IlrDependent wrote:Hey All,
My wife will qualify as home student as per the rule for how one qualifies for Home Student. There is a rule that anyone who has been resident in UK for three years and is dependent on EU national qualifies as home student.
Thanks
The person applying for citizenship was a Tier 1 migrant to ILR to BC. So the assumption is that he/she is not an EU citizen. Which then means you are correct in that the spouse won't be a home student as partner is not an EU citizen in the sense that the OP thinks.noajthan wrote:I'm unclear what your nationality is & whether your or your wife is using your id (that seems to vary).
No, but you may be OK;IlrDependent wrote:Is British Citizen not an EEA national.
ah, Thanks for that. So she will be eligible for home fee as I will have become UK national by 01-April. Is this right?Casa wrote:No, but you may be OK;IlrDependent wrote:Is British Citizen not an EEA national.
3: EU nationals, and family
In order to qualify for 'home' fees under this category, you must meet all of the following criteria
a) on the first day of an academic year of your course, you must be:
an EU national; or
the relevant family member of a non-UK EU national, and that non-UK EU national is in the UK as a self sufficient person or as a student; or
the relevant family member of a UK national;
Once you attend the ceremony and get the certificate.IlrDependent wrote:At what stage I officially become British Citizen?
Whether or not you would lose your current nationality would depend on whether that country permits dual citizenship.And when do I forfeit the passport and citizenship of my home country?
You could request to attend a private ceremony by paying an additional fee, instead of waiting for the standard group ceremony once your application is approved. That's the only step that can be expedited, that I'm aware of.Is there a provision expedite any of these other steps?
They mean upto approval. Applying for a British passport is independent to the above and not mandatory.IlrDependent wrote:so when it is said that citizenship will take six months, do they mean to include upto passport or just the approval letter from UKVI
The approval letter takes upto six months. In some cases, the Home Office (not the UKV&I) may write to you and advise you that it will take longer than six months.IlrDependent wrote:so when it is said that citizenship will take six months, do they mean to include upto passport or just the approval letter from UKVI