[b]18.2.2 Naturalisation under section 6(2)[/b] wrote:
18.2.2.1 A person may be granted a certificate of naturalisation as a British citizen under s.6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 if, on the date of application, the applicant:
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is of full age (i.e. aged 18 or more); and
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is of full capacity (see Annex A); and
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is married to/in a civil partnership with a British citizen (see Annex F to Chapter 6 and the entries "MARRIAGE" and "CIVIL PARTNERSHIP" in Volume 2); and
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meets the residence requirements set out in 18.2.2.2 below; and, at the time of consideration:
a. is of good character (see Annex D); and
b. remains of full capacity (see Annex A); and
c. (if the application is made on or after 28 July 2004) has a sufficient knowledge of the English, Welsh or Scottish Gaelic language, and can provide the appropriate evidence to
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support this (see Annex E); and
d. (if the application is made on or after 1 November 2005) has a sufficient knowledge of life in the United Kingdom, and can provide the appropriate evidence to support this (see Annex E Section 1).
18.2.2.2 The residence requirements referred to in 18.2.2.1 above are that the applicant:
a. was in the UK at the beginning of the period of 3 years ending with the date of the application; and
b. was not absent from the UK for more than 270 days in that 3 year period; and
c. was not absent from the UK for more than 90 days in the period of 12 months ending with the date of the application; and
d. was not, on the date of the application, subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period of stay in the UK; and
e. was not, at any time in the period of 3 years ending with the date of the application, in the UK in breach of the immigration laws. 
