Quick question regarding naturalization

[guli]

Hi ya all,

I would appreciate your help and expertise. I am an ILR holder for ages and seeing the recent development with naturalisation rules, I plan to apply for naturalisation as soon as possible.

My wife has a spouse visa, which she will meet the requirements for ILR via SET (M) in June 2008. She has been in the UK legally in other capacity for the past eight years continuously (no gaps).

My question is, once she has obtained her ILR (via SET(M)) in June 2008, when is the earliest that we could submit our joint application for naturalisation together? Does she need to wait for 12 months of restriction free residence in the UK, if we were to submit it together?

I'm just trying to save some fees via a joint application.

Thanks

Worried-ILR-holder

[paulp]

If you're not a british citizen at the time of application, she won't be able to use the exemption for 1 year of ILR.