ILR/British Citizenship for spouse

[dkmca80]

Hi I am a British national since 2017 routed from India.
I married last year and my wife joined me here in Sep 2023 on dependent visa for 33 months given initially. she has passed A2 level English test from India.
I have couple of question below.
1. Can she have British passport directly through naturalization if yes after how many years?
2.Does she need another visa extension? can she use the same A2 certificate from India for English requirement?

[meself2]

1) No. She needs ILR (for which she needs a B1 English test and LITUK passed, plus 60 months on spouse route).
2) One more extension (A2 will do), then ILR (for which B1 is needed)

[dkmca80]

Thanks for the reply. I have seen on UKBA website that British Citizen can get ILR in 3 years? whats that then? any idea?
https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-spouse

[meself2]

Thanks for the reply. I have seen on UKBA website that British Citizen can get ILR in 3 years? whats that then? any idea?
https://www.gov.uk/apply-citizenship-spouse

That is citizenship, not ILR; you shouldn't confuse these two.

British spouses can get citizenship in 3 years, but you need ILR before applying for citizenship, which will take 5 years to obtain via spouse route.

[alterhase58]

The wording on the website isn't clear enough.
Spouse needs 5 years to gain ILR.
Once on ILR she could apply immediately as spouse of BC for which she has to prove 3 years of residency.
Common misunderstanding.