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IMBerocca
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Naturalisation for Spouse

Post by IMBerocca » Fri Nov 13, 2009 3:07 pm

Hi,

I'm was on HSMP for 4years and received ILR few months back. My wife joined me after 2 years I entered UK and received the ILR with me.

I have a question on Naturalisation for my wife.

As of the rule, my wife will not be able to apply for naturalisation with me as she wouldn't complete 5 years.

But once I get naturalised, will she be able to apply for Naturalisation as wife of British Citizen (after I'm naturalised) as she would have completed the 3 yrs requirement and 1 yr on ILR.

I was talking to an immigration consultant and he told me that since my wife was a HSMP dependent and not on Spouse Visa, she will not be eligible for 3yrs naturalisation process. Is that correct ?

Many thanks in advance.
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Re: Naturalisation for Spouse

Post by vinny » Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:23 am

IMBerocca wrote:But once I get naturalised, will she be able to apply for Naturalisation as wife of British Citizen (after I'm naturalised) as she would have completed the 3 yrs requirement and 1 yr on ILR.
Correct.
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IMBerocca
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Post by IMBerocca » Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:03 pm

Mnay Thanks Vinny, On UKBA site it doesn't mention that spouse has to be on a specific Visa, all it requires is that one should meet the residential requirement.
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Post by sudhakar_ks » Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:01 pm

Thats correct. It doesn't matter what type of Visa spouse has got. All it matters is that Spouse has been resident in UK for last 3 years at the time of application for Naturalisation.
IMBerocca wrote:Mnay Thanks Vinny, On UKBA site it doesn't mention that spouse has to be on a specific Visa, all it requires is that one should meet the residential requirement.
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Post by JAJ » Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:27 am

sudhakar_ks wrote:Thats correct. It doesn't matter what type of Visa spouse has got. All it matters is that Spouse has been resident in UK for last 3 years at the time of application for Naturalisation.
IMBerocca wrote:Mnay Thanks Vinny, On UKBA site it doesn't mention that spouse has to be on a specific Visa, all it requires is that one should meet the residential requirement.
Spouse must also have ILR, or equivalent, on date of application.
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Post by imb-victor » Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:27 pm

Also ILR doesn't need to be for 1 year ( 12 months ) unlike the requirement of other category naturalization process.
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