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by Usmanm501 » Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:28 am
Hi I am in a similar situation. I am a British Citizen and my wife is due to apply for her ILR in the next few days (super priority). For her British Citizenship, she could have applied the next day of receiving her ILR however her total absences from UK currently total 297 within the last 3 years. In addition, as she was away from UK between 24th December,2016- 11th February 2017, she will have to wait till 11th February 2020 before making the Naturalisation application as I understand that she has to be a) present in UK exactly 3 years before the application date AND b) be in the UK for 270 days in the last 3 years. The guidance refers to 300 days as normally disregarded. Is it okay to apply for Naturalisation before 24th December as her total absences currently stand at 297? Or is it too risky? We were planning to visit Pakistan in January and hence preferred to apply straight away. Will be good to have a view from other members who may have applied in this situation and their application was successful.