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by John » Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:07 am
san12, you opened this topic by telling us "Recently I am registered as British citizen ....". But I don't think that is true .... yet! You now tell us "I am also waiting for a letter to attend my citizenship ceremony but I have confirmation that my application is successful."
So you have received the "application successful" letter, but that does not make you a British Citizen. You will not become that until you get handed your Certificate of Registration at your Citizenship Ceremony. That is the moment that your status gets upgraded.
And also that is the moment when, in terms of the Immigration Rules, you get "settled status". So given that the FLR(M) application for your wife is because you will have such "settled status", it is very important that the FLR(M) application is not posted until after your Citizenship Ceremony. Indeed, given that it is important that your wife shows that she is married to someone with "settled status", I think she will need to submit your Certificate of Registration with her application.
Of course it is possible that the Tier 4 Dependant visa might be issued, before you attend your Citizenship Ceremony.
She not having her passport? I don't think that is a particular concern, because she is effectively varying an existing application, and the passport is already with UKBA in connection with that existing application, a fact that will be mentioned in the covering letter.
Tier 4 Dependant application rejected? The Section 3C protection extends to when the time for appealing against that rejection expires, and further if an appeal submitted. So in practice such rejection would not cause the Section 3C protection to cease, because worse case, if the timing is not good, an appeal could be submitted.
It will be good to get your Citizenship Ceremony out of the way as soon as possible. If you have still not receive the letter from the local Council, maybe phone them and try to schedule your ceremony.
John