Hello Everyone
Me and my wife are planning to apply for Naturalisation as a British Citizen in the month of April. My families current passport and ILR status are as follows
Myself: On ILR since October-2010 (already eligible for Naturalisation since October-2011)
Wife: On ILR since March 2013 (will become eligible for Naturalisation by end of March-2014)
Daughter: British Citizen (born on 30.09.2013 and has her British Passport)
My Question is:
On the booklet guidance for AN form, it says that, my wife is eligible under the following categories of residence requirement
Category 1
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- If you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen (section 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981)
-- Have lived in the UK for a minimum of 3 years before you apply and meet the following residence requirements
OR
Category 2
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- If you are NOT married to or the civil partner of a British citizen (Section 6(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981)
-- Have lived in the UK for a minimum of 5 years before you apply
Now this is a bit confusing, I am pretty sure my wife falls under the first category and we can apply together in a joint application. But by basic understanding I ideally fall under second category as of today since I do not have a BC yet. I hope it does not mean I have to apply for BC first and then my wife can apply later just to fall under category 1.
Any clarification will be deeply appreciated.
Kind Regards
Siddharth
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