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by chssvi » Sat Apr 03, 2021 7:21 am
Hi all. My wife has finally decided to apply for citizenship. She could apply via the marriage route (we've been married for 9.5 years and I became a British Citizen four years ago) or she could apply via the ILR route (she's been living here for 9.5 years, initially as the spouse of a Tier 2 via holder, and got ILR at the same time as me, some 5.5 years ago now).
Is there any advantage or disadvantage to either route?
She's had full time jobs for the past eight years or so and we jointly own our home, so she would not need to prove that I'm able to support her (if that were needed).
Also, as per my last post, we just came back from spending exactly 100 days away from the UK (but mostly working from there while caring for a sick parent). I know that discretion is exercised for stays away for up to 100 days in the last year but, just in case, I don't know if an application through marriage more easily dispels any concerns.
Finally, don't know if this has any relevance in the post-brexit world but we got married in the Netherlands and our marriage certificate is from there. While this was used for the original Tier 2 spouse visa, I don't know if now it would require some sort of certification or anything like that. The certificate is in multiple languages, including English.