indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status after divorce

[grateful1981]

I am a US citizen married to a British citizen. We have been separated for 2 years. I currently hold indefinite leave to remain (ILR) since Dec 2007. We have decided this week sadly to start the divorce process and I have received the divorce petition.

I've received different advice but my concern is:

Will this now affect my status of ILR?

Will I risk having my ILR changed or will I have to reapply?

Will the divorce affect my future application for UK citizenship?

Am I obligated to notify the Home office? I was told I was and given this link buy a private legal advice consultancy: https://www.gov.uk/visas-when-you-separate-or-divorce

Basically if I agree to the divorce petition and sign, can this put me at risk of losing my stay here, employment, university studies and future?

Any advice give would be helpful

[Universal soldier]

The link you pasted had already replied you, just concentration need. When you got ILR then you got your own unlimited rights and no longer depends on anyone. Read the language of that link and I am sure you too have good English because they talking about visa/limited leave but not said any thing about ILR which is not visa/limited leave but an unlimited right owned by its holder without depends on anyone. Other experts Casa, Obie, wanderer may spread more better light on this query.

[Casa]

It won't affect your ILR status as you are no longer under Immigration control. However, once the divorce is finalised you won't be able to apply for British Citizenship as the spouse of a British National. This means your route to Citizenship will require 5 years of legal residence and 12 months must have passed since ILR was granted before applying.

[Universal soldier]

It won't affect your ILR status as you are no longer under Immigration control. However, once the divorce is finalised you won't be able to apply for British Citizenship as the spouse of a British National. This means your route to Citizenship will require 5 years of legal residence and 12 months must have passed since ILR was granted before applying.

Just a rapid question here that how about this 5 years of legal residence requirement for a person who got ILR through 10 years legal residence but later divorcing its EU national partner. Can the British citizenship will still need 5 years legal stay and be start counting after finalised divorced for British citizenship or simply after 12 months of getting ILR the British citizenship can be applied.

[physicskate]

It won't affect your ILR status as you are no longer under Immigration control. However, once the divorce is finalised you won't be able to apply for British Citizenship as the spouse of a British National. This means your route to Citizenship will require 5 years of legal residence and 12 months must have passed since ILR was granted before applying.

Just a rapid question here that how about this 5 years of legal residence requirement for a person who got ILR through 10 years legal residence but later divorcing its EU national partner. Can the British citizenship will still need 5 years legal stay and be start counting after finalised divorced for British citizenship or simply after 12 months of getting ILR the British citizenship can be applied.

12 months after ILR with a total of 5 years in the UK...