Am I eligible to apply for British Citizenship??

[kpr29]

Hi There
In the Home Office website it was mentioned that the applicant should be physically present in the UK at the begining of the residential qualifying period.
(For example, if we received your application on 25 November 2005, you would have to show that you were in the United Kingdom on 26 November )

From the above example (this is from the home office website), I understand that I have to be present in th UK 5 years before the date of application.
My question is, do I have to be present in the UK 12 months before the date of application?
Please let me know if I am not clear.

Thanks in advance
KPR

[geriatrix]

My question is, do I have to be present in the UK 12 months before the date of application?

No such requirement.

regards

[Christophe]

Hi There
In the Home Office website it was mentioned that the applicant should be physically present in the UK at the begining of the residential qualifying period.
(For example, if we received your application on 25 November 2005, you would have to show that you were in the United Kingdom on 26 November )

From the above example (this is from the home office website), I understand that I have to be present in th UK 5 years before the date of application.
My question is, do I have to be present in the UK 12 months before the date of application?
Please let me know if I am not clear.

Thanks in advance
KPR

No, no requirement to have been physically present in the UK 12 months before. You do have to be physically in the UK at the start of the qualifying period. You also have to be physically present in the UK on the day that the Home Office receives the application (not that date that it is posted).

[global gypsy]

When I went for my NCS appointment, they also asked me if I would be in the UK for the next 5 days. I suspect this is to cover the possibility that it could take 5 days max for the application to reach UKBA.

[Christophe]

When I went for my NCS appointment, they also asked me if I would be in the UK for the next 5 days. I suspect this is to cover the possibility that it could take 5 days max for the application to reach UKBA.

And that is a good precaution.

[kpr29]

Thank you all for the responses. Very much appreciate it.

Cheers
KPR