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Firstly I'm not sure being a common-law partner qualifies you to apply after 3 years as I thought you had to either be a spouse or a civil partner, so you may have to wait for 5 years.shadowfoot17 wrote:I am a Canadian citizen. I was living in the UK from August 21, 2006 until August 15, 2008. I have been living in Canada with my common-law partner (he is British) since. We are planning on returning to the UK permanently by march 2009. I want to apply for citizenship in August 2009 but have a question...
Since I have been out of the country for 7 months, does this effect the three years I have to be living in England before applying for citizenship? (or is there a certain amount of days that you can be out of the country in that time period?)
Thanks for any help!!
Tonia
You need to get Indefinite Leave to Remain before you even think about naturalisation.shadowfoot17 wrote: I have a UK Ancesty Visa that expires in 2011.
Even if you get married, it wouldn't really make your chances of ILR/naturalisation any easier. For ancestry visas, you would need 5 years' residency, but since you will have been outside the UK for 6+ months, you would need to see if you have too many absences to apply for ILR.shadowfoot17 wrote:Hi,
We moved to Canada in August of this year, but have since decided that England was a better place for us and are moving back. We'll be going back within the next three months.
I have a UK Ancesty Visa that expires in 2011.
I do believe you're right.. I must have read it wrong somewhere. I will have to wait five years before applying. Or we could just get married now... hehe
So will this stay in Canada effect my 5 years when I do apply?
AND
Does anyone know how I can renew my visa when it expires? (it expires a year before my 5 years... that's silly. They should make it a 5 year visa instead of 4!)
Tonia