Naturalization - Good character

[amasoumi]

Hello everybody.
need some help with my application regarding 10 year time laps for breach of immigration rules.
basically granted ILR in Sep 2010 but found in breach of immigration rules in August 2010 (lucky!!).
Do I have to exactly to August 2020 to apply? are they that strict?
thanks

[Zerubbabel]

It's the value you put on your money really.

Knowing the inflexibility of some Home Office Caseworkers, I would wait August 2020 + 2 or 3 months minimum to be on the safe side.

The application is expensive and you don't want to risk your hard earned money.

Now, you can still gamble it and see what happens.

[London22]

Hello everybody.
need some help with my application regarding 10 year time laps for breach of immigration rules.
basically granted ILR in Sep 2010 but found in breach of immigration rules in August 2010 (lucky!!).
Do I have to exactly to August 2020 to apply? are they that strict?
thanks

It really depends on what the immigration breach was.If it wasn't too serious &HO granted ILR even though then August 2020 should be granted nationality.As 10yrs have passed hence it is likely you will succeed.

[Djsuccess]

Hello everybody.
need some help with my application regarding 10 year time laps for breach of immigration rules.
basically granted ILR in Sep 2010 but found in breach of immigration rules in August 2010 (lucky!!).
Do I have to exactly to August 2020 to apply? are they that strict?
thanks

It really depends on what the immigration breach was.If it wasn't too serious &HO granted ILR even though then August 2020 should be granted nationality.As 10yrs have passed hence it is likely you will succeed.

The Good Character criterion is mainly for citizenship and not ILR application. Therefore the OP's breach of immigration rules 10 years ago might not have been considered during the ILR application.
Naturalisation is governed by a different set of rules, that's why you cannot guess what will happen in a BC application based on a successful ILR.
Just as the OP has been advised by @Zerubbabel, I will suggest that the OP should wait till Sept 2020 as the earliest time to apply.

[amasoumi]

It's the value you put on your money really.

Knowing the inflexibility of some Home Office Caseworkers, I would wait August 2020 + 2 or 3 months minimum to be on the safe side.

The application is expensive and you don't want to risk your hard earned money.

Now, you can still gamble it and see what happens.

Thank you. So what would be the outcome? would they reject me and say come back in 6 month time? or would they hold the application for 6 month until its 10 year and one day? also the nature of my heinous crime was working illegally. I know they can reject me if they want to but would they?

[London22]

Apply in sep 2020 .You have more chances to be granted citizenship as you have fulfilled good character requirement hence they have no issue to refuse you.Illegal work wasnt a big issue before 2014 but they are digging up every little thing to refuse people now,as it is a common sense when someone doesnt have right to work they will work to live.There is no one in HO to make sense in their decisions.Politics has surrounded the hostile environment.

[Zerubbabel]

was working illegally

Working illegally is a big thing. I really recommend waiting 10 years+

If you are under 10 years, they are not going to hold the application until your reach 10 years. They have zero sympathy for people working illegally and they may refuse you with a loss of money.

If you were involved in illegal work at a larger scale than just working yourself (such as helping others to work illegally or employing them yourself) that attract up to a lifetime ban from UK citizenship.