British Citizenship within 1 year of ILR? Help Please!

omooba17 · Post by **omooba17** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:11 pm

I came to the UK in October 2005, Student Visa till Dec 07, Post study (1 yr) till Jan 09, Spousal Visa (2 yrs) till Feb 2011, Got ILR at end of Feb.

I have heard that I can apply for British Citizenship within 1 year of ILR..

Please, can anyone confirm this?

Many thanks in advance!!

Post by **Casa** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:22 pm

If your spouse is a British Citizen you can apply now.

omooba17 · Post by **omooba17** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:28 pm

Yes she is!

Thank you Casa

saayinla · Post by **saayinla** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:44 pm

Casa can you expanciate on this, as to my understanding the OP needs to wait for 12 months before applying albeit the 28 days before eligibility date.

Post by **John** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 2:51 pm

Firstly, just to emphasise it, for Naturalisation applications there is no 28 day leeway. But actually that does not apply to you as you are married to a British Citizen.

Think of it this way, for those not married to (or in Civil Partnership with) a British Citizen then ILR needs to be held for at least one year. But for those married to (or in Civil Partnership with) a British Citizen, then ILR needs to be held for at least one second .... and actually that is an exaggeration!

So on the face of it you can apply now, but do ensure that you were physically in the UK exactly 3 years before UKBA will receive the Naturalisation application.

omooba17 · Post by **omooba17** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:22 pm

Thank you for your assistance John..

jamil05 · Post by **jamil05** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 1:54 pm

John wrote:Firstly, just to emphasise it, for Naturalisation applications there is no 28 day leeway. But actually that does not apply to you as you are married to a British Citizen.

Think of it this way, for those not married to (or in Civil Partnership with) a British Citizen then ILR needs to be held for at least one year. But for those married to (or in Civil Partnership with) a British Citizen, then ILR needs to be held for at least one second .... and actually that is an exaggeration!

So on the face of it you can apply now, but do ensure that you were physically in the UK exactly 3 years before UKBA will receive the Naturalisation application.

This is completely new info to me.

So john, if you may elaborate, if one is married to a british national, do they need to apply for ILR first then naturalization soon after?

or they can just apply naturalization straight?

i ask this because both processes are not cheap. you will need close to Â£2000 to have both one after the another

Post by **geriatrix** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:19 pm

One cannot apply for naturalisation before acquiring / being granted settlement.

jamil05 · Post by **jamil05** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 2:31 pm

sushdmehta wrote:One cannot apply for naturalisation before acquiring / being granted settlement.

Â£850 for ILR then seconds later, Â£836 for naturalization

This is surely money making venture for the cash straped Gvt

Post by **Greenie** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:16 pm

jamil05 wrote:
sushdmehta wrote:One cannot apply for naturalisation before acquiring / being granted settlement.
Â£850 for ILR then seconds later, Â£836 for naturalization

This is surely money making venture for the cash straped Gvt

you don't need to apply for citizenship - it is your choice.

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British Citizenship within 1 year of ILR? Help Please!

British Citizenship within 1 year of ILR? Help Please!