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Hi all,

I got my British citizenship on 14th January 2019 and got my British passport on 23th January.now I need to apply for my wife ILR. She is in this country for more than 10years.thinking to apply with a cover letter and court letter because she is my dependent and her name is already in the court letter. Anything I can do for hassle
Free? Any suggestions? Many thanks you all for your support, advise and nice wish.

Her immigration history is given bellow:-

Start Date. Visa status. Expired date

04-01-2009 Student dependent 31-10-2009.
Came in the UK 14th Feb 2009
05-10-2009 Tire-1(dependent). 05-10-2011
02-09-2011 PBS Dependent. 26-10-2014
21-03-2013 temporary admissions given went to court and consent order made 25-07-2013.
29-05-2014 PBS Dependent. 30-11-2014
26-11-2014 Family and Private life application made refused on 17-02-2015.
27-05-2015 Judge X allow our Appeal
27-10-2016 Judge Y allow our Appeal
10-08-2017 leave to Remain 10-02-2020.

Now I want to apply her for Long residence(10years) category ILR. Could you please suggest and advise me which are the documents I will send with application to get hassle free and avoid time wasting .

Many Many thanks.

Firstly.. she applies independent of you.
Liuk & English language.
Evidence of her stay in UK the entire 10 years.
Time starts from day of entry
You can just google documents required for Long Residence.
SET LR

Hi all,

Many thanks for the reply. She is collecting those documents but she is worried about court letter because she don’t want same problem happen like me, her updated record in HO.any suggestions or advice how to present those documents(court letter)? while applying for her ILR to avoid any hassle and time wasting.


Many Thanks.

Most importantly she must have applied all visas/extensions/appeals in timely and must not have been absent for more than 6 months throughout her 10 years of stay.

As Seagul above pointed out.
I just read your history and understand ur worry.
You got through it and I’m sure she will too.
As you mentioned a comprehensive cover letter and court docs.

Hi all,

Many thanks for the reply. She already apply for her ILR on 04/10/2019 with comprehensive cover letter, Barrister letter,Court Decession letter, all relevant papaers(63 pages) to make it easy simple and hassle free. She has done her Bio matrics on 24/10/2019. Now just waiting for the decession.


Many thanks

Hi all,
Still waiting for decision, it’s nearly 3 months. I thought now the processing time is more faster than past. I know it’s processing time is maximum 6months.so need to wait.


Many thanks

Hi all,

Many thanks for all your support. My wife got ILR on 27/01/2020. The processing time is quite faster. Now I need to know can she apply for her naturalisation and British passport now ? Or she needs to wait for 1year? then she can apply for her naturalisation and passport? Her last visa status was FLR(FP) she is with me for last 10years as a dependent.can anybody suggest me ?

Many Thanks

Shikdar130 wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 05, 2020 11:52 am

Hi all,

Many thanks for all your support. My wife got ILR on 27/01/2020. The processing time is quite faster. Now I need to know can she apply for her naturalisation and British passport now ? Or she needs to wait for 1year? then she can apply for her naturalisation and passport? Her last visa status was FLR(FP) she is with me for last 10years as a dependent.can anybody suggest me ?

Many Thanks

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