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This post is specifically opened to keep a track of timelines for naturalisation applications and not for ILR or any other category. Please search the forum for answer to your specific query, if you do not find one, you can open a new thread.but i am applying for ILR...how do they place the new visa in the passport?
or is it only for citizenship?
and can you travel on your passport while you are waiting???
Hi Will & Aliona,willsk22 wrote:Hi Guys,
wife got ILR this JULY (08) two years after receiving spouse visa and entering in AUG 06 (so 2yrs - 28 days or whatever it is...)
we understand that citizenship is 3 yrs and can take MONTHS !! but can we not apply until
1, 3 year point from issue of spouse visa (27 JUL 06)
or
2, 1 year from ILR being issued (07 JUL 08)
or
3, 3 years from date of entry (01 AUG 08)
ANY GUIDANCE APPRECIATED !!
Will and Aliona
You need to ensure that your wife was physically present in the UK exactly 3 years before the day she applies (so 1 Aug 2006 + 3 years = 1 Aug 2009). Of course, you can apply after this date as well. Just remember to think back to 2006 - was your wife out of the country at all after August? Avoid those days when applying in 2009.From UKBA website:
In order to demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation you need to:
have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
have been present in the United Kingdom three years before the date of your application; and
have not spent more than 270 days outside the United Kingdom during the three-year period; and
have not spend more than 90 days outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months of the three-year period; and
have not been in breach of the immigration rules at any stage during the three-year period.