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You need 1 year on Settled status under Appendix EU or PR. The difference is that PR can be backdated to a period in the past where a person has 5 years of being a qualified person exercising treaty rights. Settled Status is not back dated and starts counting from the date it was granted.I was under the impression that I need to wait a year to apply for naturalization. However, a solicitor told me it's only necessary that I lived here for at least 6 years. I've also seen successful applications on the naturalization timeline thread who've only held permanent residence for less than a year.
Thanks, that clears it up!CR001 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 11:45 amYou need 1 year on Settled status under Appendix EU or PR. The difference is that PR can be backdated to a period in the past where a person has 5 years of being a qualified person exercising treaty rights. Settled Status is not back dated and starts counting from the date it was granted.I was under the impression that I need to wait a year to apply for naturalization. However, a solicitor told me it's only necessary that I lived here for at least 6 years. I've also seen successful applications on the naturalization timeline thread who've only held permanent residence for less than a year.
You would therefore need to wait the full 1 year on Settled status before you can apply for citizenship.
There are two requirements basically, you must have 5 years residence immediately preceding the date of application for citizenship and it must include one full year on PR or Settled status. Unless you are married to a British citizen, then you don't have to wait 12 months.
A mandatory requirement for citizenship is that you must have been physically present in the UK at the start of the 5 year qualifying period, which is the 5 years immediately preceding the date of application. It has nothing to do with the date you got Settlement but the date in December 2014. By physically present, this mean not out of the UK at all for holiday, business etc.They also say I have to have been here on a specific exact date before the application was made. I'm wondering if, for me, that date would be the date I received settled status (18/12/2018), or the precise date 5 years before the application will be made made (18/12/2014)?
There have been a few cases here where people applied a couple of weeks too early and then delay their UKVCAS appointment. It has worked for at least 2 people in this forum because the case worker used discretion and asked them to redeclare the application date. It might work for you as well. Or you can just cancel the application and reapply when you are qualified.psot2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:53 amThank you so much for all the advice. I realise you advised me a certain way and then I went against it after my solicitor convinced me otherwise during an appointment yesterday.
My current aim is damage control.
I found a document called
Page 24 of that document states that discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions can be exercised if "the applicant had less than 12 months free of conditions when they applied, but meets the requirements by the time you consider their applications and all other requirements are met".
I have an idea to delay my UKVCAS appointment until 18th December, so my application will hopefully be considered then.
Do you think this might work/have you come across similar cases?
I have an email confirming my payment, but not confirming receipt of application.
psot2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:53 am
Page 24 of that document states that discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions can be exercised if "the applicant had less than 12 months free of conditions when they applied, but meets the requirements by the time you consider their applications and all other requirements are met".
This makes me feel a lot more at ease! How do I find out who my case worker is/how to contact them?Djsuccess wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 1:29 pmThere have been a few cases here where people applied a couple of weeks too early and then delay their UKVCAS appointment. It has worked for at least 2 people in this forum because the case worker used discretion and asked them to redeclare the application date. It might work for you as well. Or you can just cancel the application and reapply when you are qualified.psot2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:53 amThank you so much for all the advice. I realise you advised me a certain way and then I went against it after my solicitor convinced me otherwise during an appointment yesterday.
My current aim is damage control.
I found a document called
Page 24 of that document states that discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions can be exercised if "the applicant had less than 12 months free of conditions when they applied, but meets the requirements by the time you consider their applications and all other requirements are met".
I have an idea to delay my UKVCAS appointment until 18th December, so my application will hopefully be considered then.
Do you think this might work/have you come across similar cases?
I have an email confirming my payment, but not confirming receipt of application.
I'm not 100% clear on what biometrics are. Is it what I do when I go to the UKVCAS appointment to give them my evidence?aman90 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:41 pmpsot2 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 12, 2019 7:53 am
Page 24 of that document states that discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions can be exercised if "the applicant had less than 12 months free of conditions when they applied, but meets the requirements by the time you consider their applications and all other requirements are met".
You’ll be fine if you delay ur biometrics till the time you qualify.
Ur application will only be considered valid once biometrics are enrolled.
And on the day of decision if ur free from immigration control for 12 months you’ll be fine.
Re declaration is done if and when you were not in the country on the date 5 years (or 3 years in case of spouse of BC) preceding date of naturalisation application.
You won't know who your caseworker is unless they specifically write to you or contact you. There is no way to find out who it is either.
Yes, UKCVAS do it. Biometrics is your digital photo and fingerprints.
I have an unrelated question. I want to edit my comment on the naturalisation timeline thread because I don't want to spam the thread by quoting myself and making another comment every time there's an update/I want to fix something.