Dependents

[vicky8319]

Hello all,

I am a British Citizen by Naturalization.
My 2 dependents are all on tier 1 general dependent visa's. I have 2 questions -

Question 1 :
My son was born outside UK. - He is yet to complete 5 years. As I am a citizen, Can he get the ILR now ? or Can i apply for his British Citizenship now ?

Question 2 :
My wife has been outside UK for over 450 days in 5 years. Reason being pregnancy and child birth outside UK. And she has been outside uk for close to an year once (continuous days). She will complete 5 years this year.

Here is the Stupid question : Can she apply for ILR ?

the only reason i ask these questions are the cost involved with another extension. It scares me out like anything.

[secret.simon]

As your son was born outside the UK, he will be eligible for ILR with the less-privileged parent (in your case, the mother). He will be eligible to register as a British citizen when both he and his mother have ILR (as you already have British citizenship).

As regards your wife, to the best of my knowledge, there is no limitation on absence from the UK for PBS dependents. So, I believe she should be eligible for ILR in spite of her absences. But await a response from others as I am not absolutely sure.

[vicky8319]

As regards your wife, to the best of my knowledge, there is no limitation on absence from the UK for PBS dependents. So, I believe she should be eligible for ILR in spite of her absences. But await a response from others as I am not absolutely sure.

Thanks for responding. But this is completely contradicting to my understanding which is = To Qualify for ILR, residential requirements are a must and one of the residential requirement is to limit the absences in the 5 year period.

CAN SOMEONE ELSE EXPLAIN and / or provide some feedback on THIS please ?

[CR001]

For adults yes. Not so strict for children.