I am currently on a Tier 1 Highly Skilled visa that will expire in June 2015 (at which time I will be eligible to apply for ILR – having held my Tier 1 visa, and lived in London for the past 5 years). My question is, that I have since married a British Citizen… so potentially I don’t need to apply for my ILR under my existing conditions? Can I apply to naturalise on the basis that I have been living in the UK for over 3 years, and am now married to a British Citizen? Or do I first need to apply for ILR (either as a spouse, or in my own right), and then apply for citizenship?
From my understanding, it will be much cheaper to apply as my partners spouse for ILR (rather than by myself). But I dont know if I need to apply for ILR at all...?
Kind regards
Wira
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