Married to UK National in 1996, wife wants now to remarry

[meunier]

Hello.

I'm from North America. I married - happily so - a UK national in 1996. We lived together in the UK in celebration of that same marriage for over a decade. My wife met someone else and we separated a few years ago. I'm over that pain now, understanding her dilemma. (She is a good person.) She now wants (understandably) to get a divorce so she can marry that person. I understand and would not wish to contest. I would like to see her happy. I'm just wondering will I be able to retain my permanent leave to remain? I have always held it in respect, have never been in trouble with the law, own my property in London and pay taxes - and have done so in the UK proudly for the past 17 years. At no point during that duration have I been at any point resident anywhere else.

I hope these details are sufficient to seek an answer from your good selves. I would imagine I would be alright but I would I promise be HUGELY grateful for your kind advice as I am - on the above referenced point - uncertain.

Bless you for your time and wisdom.

[vinny]

Your PR/ILR should be unaffected.

[Amber]

As Vinny states, but why don't you just naturalise?

[meunier]

Much thanks for your kind advice. I'm pleased to hear that my indefinite leave to remain will be unaffected. This is what I suspected. I will naturalise. It is something I have been thinking about for some time ... and, of course, just never got round to. This can be an incentive. My wife only said yesterday that she wanted to get a divorce as they now wanted to get married. I do understand. Honestly I do ... and I know she wants now to do this as quickly as she can arrange it. (Again I will not contest. I do understand and sympathize.) My concern was simply because obviously the divorce will come first and I just didn't want to say that I would go along with it (which, in fact, I already have) if it meant I would be booted out of the country and lose those assets (my work, my home, etc.) that I have worked hard to build/attain. What I meant to say, I didn't want to lose any more sleep over it than necessary. Bless you for setting my mind at rest. Again, I am HUGELY grateful to you for your kind words. Bless you.

[EUsmileWEallsmile]

You appear to have ILR. I propose to move your post to a more appropriate part of the forum.

[meunier]

That would be much appreciated. I was uncertain where to place it. Huge thanks for ALL.