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ILR is one way in which you can be free from immigration time restrictions, and it is the one that is applicable to you. (Other ways are to be an EU/EEA/Swiss national with permanent residence, or to be a Commonwealth citizen or a British national but non-British citizen with the right of abode in the UK.)Immigration time restrictions
You must be free from immigration time restrictions when you make your naturalisation application. Unless you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen, you should have been free from immigration time restrictions during the last 12 months of the residential qualifying period.
Yes. If you are married to a British citizen when you apply for naturalisation, the 5-year resident requirement is reduced to 3 years and you need to have ILR on the day you apply (unlike the situation when you are not married to a British citizen, in which case you need to have had ILR for at least the 12 months preceding the date of application).alpertheidiot wrote:thanks for your prompt reply. one more question please; what happens if I am recently married when I apply for naturalisation (for a year for instance)? Do I still need to have ILR?
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Working holiday and student visa can be counted for 10-year long residence ILR. It cannot be counted for 5-year ILR.punitsahni wrote:I have a question, I came to UK on working holiday visa with full two year working right in 2003. I worked full time for two years (I have proof). And then I switched in to student visa. After finishing my study I extended my visa in highly skilled migrant programme category. So my question is, the time I have spent on working holiday visa can be counted for ILR or not
Plus I dont think you were supposed to work the whole 2 years. You should work up to one year's worth in a two year period.punitsahni wrote:I have a question, I came to UK on working holiday visa with full two year working right in 2003. I worked full time for two years (I have proof). And then I switched in to student visa. After finishing my study I extended my visa in highly skilled migrant programme category. So my question is, the time I have spent on working holiday visa can be counted for ILR or not
Republique is correct, WHM is one year working, you need to keep ur fingers crossed for ILR if you've broken the law here.republique wrote:Plus I dont think you were supposed to work the whole 2 years. You should work up to one year's worth in a two year period.punitsahni wrote:I have a question, I came to UK on working holiday visa with full two year working right in 2003. I worked full time for two years (I have proof). And then I switched in to student visa. After finishing my study I extended my visa in highly skilled migrant programme category. So my question is, the time I have spent on working holiday visa can be counted for ILR or not
There was a period when the working holiday visas were granted with permission to work for the full two years. The government made a mess of all of that as well...Wanderer wrote: Republique is correct, WHM is one year working, you need to keep ur fingers crossed for ILR if you've broken the law here.