When can my wife apply for ILR after I become a citizen

[sawan007]

I have applied for Naturalization and hopefully will become a British national soon. My wife is currently on a partner visa. When can she apply for ILR?

[secret.simon]

Your becoming a British citizen has no impact on her immigration journey. She needs to meet all the requirements of the immigration journey that she is on.

Assuming that she is on a family member of a person settled in the UK visa, she needs to complete five years on that visa, LITUK test, English language test, etc, before applying for ILR.

The only advantage that she will have is that she can apply for naturalisation immediately after getting ILR and not wait for a year after ILR, as she will be married to a British citizen at the time.

[sawan007]

Thanks for your reply. She spent nearly 2 years on Skilled Worker dependent visa before switching to Partner visa. I am hoping the current rule changes and those 2 year also gets counted.