Discretionary leave to remain route to citizenship

[Rukayat74]

Hello Forum members and coordinators,

Am new on this forum and I have been a follower for years, which I found very helpful for migrant in the country. `I have few questions to ask regarding my application please and I would be very grateful if I could get some helpful members etc to shed more light to my worries,


I was granted indefinite leave to remain after 6 years of discretionary leave to remainin Uk, when I applied for my indefinite leave in 2019, I remembered vividly that <proof of the absent in Uk> does not apply to applicants under discretionary leave route. My questions are; as am about to apply for my naturalization, does the absent in uk applies to me? secondly, i am overstayer and had also worked illegally in the country prior to my first indefinite leave in 2013, do i need to wait till 2013 <10 years legally resided> in uk or can i apply for my naturalization now? lastly, should in case i would need to tell my time of absent in uk, how can i calculate this as i had lost my old international passport that shows stamps travelling in and out the country and i do not have most of my travelling reservations to calculate this either?


Kind Regard as you reply me

[K187]

I would wait till 2023 then apply.

[Rukayat74]

I would wait till 2023 then apply.

Hello. Thanks for the reply. I would be glad if you could answer the remaining 2 questions pls. Thanks

[Rukayat74]

I would wait till 2023 then apply.

Hello. Thanks for the reply. I would be glad if you could answer the remaining 2 questions pls. Thanks

[Rukayat74]

Hello Forum members and coordinators,

Am new on this forum and I have been a follower for years, which I found very helpful for migrant in the country. `I have few questions to ask regarding my application please and I would be very grateful if I could get some helpful members etc to shed more light to my worries,


I was granted indefinite leave to remain after 6 years of discretionary leave to remainin Uk, when I applied for my indefinite leave in 2019, I remembered vividly that <proof of the absent in Uk> does not apply to applicants under discretionary leave route. My questions are; as am about to apply for my naturalization, does the absent in uk applies to me? secondly, i am overstayer and had also worked illegally in the country prior to my first indefinite leave in 2013, do i need to wait till 2023 <10 years legally resided> in uk or can i apply for my naturalization now? lastly, should in case i would need to tell my time of absent in uk, how can i calculate this as i had lost my old international passport that shows stamps travelling in and out the country and i do not have most of my travelling reservations to calculate this either?


Kind Regard as you reply me

[Rukayat74]

Hello Forum members and coordinators,

Am new on this forum and I have been a follower for years, which I found very helpful for migrant in the country. `I have few questions to ask regarding my application please and I would be very grateful if I could get some helpful members etc to shed more light to my worries,


I was granted indefinite leave to remain after 6 years of discretionary leave to remainin Uk, when I applied for my indefinite leave in 2019, I remembered vividly that <proof of the absent in Uk> does not apply to applicants under discretionary leave route. My questions are; as am about to apply for my naturalization, does the absent in uk applies to me? secondly, i am overstayer and had also worked illegally in the country prior to my first indefinite leave in 2013, do i need to wait till 2023 <10 years legally resided> in uk or can i apply for my naturalization now? lastly, should in case i would need to tell my time of absent in uk, how can i calculate this as i had lost my old international passport that shows stamps travelling in and out the country and i do not have most of my travelling reservations to calculate this either?


Kind Regard as you reply me

[secret.simon]

Naturalisation is not a part of the immigration pathway, which ends at ILR.

Naturalisation has its own laws, rules and requirements, which apply to all applicants irregardless of how they acquired ILR.

as am about to apply for my naturalization, does the absent in uk applies to me?

Yes. The absence and more importantly, the physical presence in the UK five years before the date of application requirements apply to all applicants who are not married to a British citizen.

i am overstayer and had also worked illegally in the country prior to my first indefinite leave in 2013, do i need to wait till 2013 <10 years legally resided> in uk or can i apply for my naturalization now?

I would suggest waiting till 2023.

[Rukayat74]

Thank You for the swift reply. Moreover, is there any other way to acquire the dates of absent in the country apart of checking it in our international passport and travelling bookings? As stated above, i have lost my international passport whose contain my travelling stamps "in and out the country".

Thank You

[icebat]

Yes, there is a way. Visit the link below to see the procedure to request the information about your entries and exits from UK.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... mmigration