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Do you want to double check your dates as they don't add up to 16 years.CEALB wrote:I would like to know what I simply need to know to obtain/apply my BC (British Citizenship) & BP (British passport), but please first study/consider the following facts:
I came in October 2012 as a fiance of my then BC boyfriend who is now my husband;
We married by civil ceremony in February 2013;
I immediatly applied by post for my ILR which was granted in April 2014, so I have been living in London for more than 16 years under my ILR;
We are still married and living together in the same area in London since 2012;
My husband is English/BC, 60 yrs old and works permanently and full time as a Mechanical Engineer and
I am 55 years old, Southamerican (Venezuelan), have been working first as a freelancer (Community Interpreter/Life in UK, OCLN) and second as part-time temporary worker in the catering industry (I am DBS checked and hold up-to-date Enhanced Certificate as I work in catering at schools), while attending and raising our only child and having a succesfull major brain surgery in 2009;
We've had one son who was born in London August 2013, still living with us, attending local secondary school and holds boths passports (British and Venezuelan);
I have been abroad for no more than 30 days holidyas during the last 16 years, being 2011 the last time.
After considering all this information, my question to you is:
After all these 16+ years of real life experience in London/UK, Is there any fast track that would apply to me or do I still have to take the usual Life in UK Test in order to apply for my BC and BP?
Kind Regards,
Mrs CEALB
AN = Adult Naturalisation form: https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-c ... w-to-applyCEALB wrote:More questions:
- I understand "via NCS" (Nationality Checking service), but what AN stands for?
- Isn't my Community Interpreter OCNL Certificate (English-Spanish) and working in London enough as a proof of English? English is main language at our home anyway.
Thanks !
ohara wrote:I believe it needs to be a minimum of bachelors degree. Correct
Don't worry, the system isn't 100% fair to everyone. I've lived in the UK since I was a year old and I'm a native English speaker, yet I still had to do an English test.