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Relocating abroad temporarily after getting citizenship

Post by cine1986 » Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:57 am

Hello all
After spending 12 years in the UK, I was granted British citizenship and UK passport 3 months ago. However, an unexpected professional opportunity came up in Dubai which would require me to relocate there for a few years. Apologies if this is a silly question, but as a naturalised British, am I allowed to live abroad for several years even if I declared in my citizenship application that I intend to make UK as my home?. I still consider UK to be my home as I intend to return after a few years .
Your help would be much appreciated
Thanks

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Re: Relocating abroad temporarily after getting citizenship

Post by alterhase58 » Sat Jun 04, 2022 10:20 am

You declared truthfully at the time of your application, presumably. Now you have an unexpected opportunity so you are free to go, you are a British citizen with all the rights any other British citizen has, including leaving the UK for any length of time.
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Re: Relocating abroad temporarily after getting citizenship

Post by mesn » Sat Jun 04, 2022 6:51 pm

cine1986 wrote:
Sat Jun 04, 2022 9:57 am
Hello all
After spending 12 years in the UK, I was granted British citizenship and UK passport 3 months ago. However, an unexpected professional opportunity came up in Dubai which would require me to relocate there for a few years. Apologies if this is a silly question, but as a naturalised British, am I allowed to live abroad for several years even if I declared in my citizenship application that I intend to make UK as my home?. I still consider UK to be my home as I intend to return after a few years .
Your help would be much appreciated
Thanks


You are. You can very well move for a longer time and come back after retirement. I received my passport last month and on a similar path. There is an exciting opportunity in US but I'm still not convinced with all the gun crimes.
T2G 2015, T2 Switch 2018, ILR 2020, BC 2021, British Passport 2022, OCI 2022

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Re: Relocating abroad temporarily after getting citizenship

Post by cine1986 » Sun Jun 05, 2022 11:12 am

Thank you all for your replies. This is reassuring. :)
@mesn, all the best with the new opportunity!

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