british citizenship

goodwill · Post by **goodwill** » Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:31 pm

hi i have ILR. i need to know is it required by law to get british citizenship if u have ILR or just a choice coz someone told me i you have ILR you must apply for citizenship otherwise u will have to leave the UK.Plz give me some link to support your reply as it will be useful for me

thanks

goodwill

Post by **Jambo** » Tue Oct 18, 2011 10:52 am

British Citizenship is a privilege not an obligation. You can stay with an ILR indefinitely (that's what the "I" stands for...) if you wish.

goodwill · Post by **goodwill** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:21 pm

ya i agreed can anyone else plz comment on it

ScopeD · Post by **ScopeD** » Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:50 pm

goodwill wrote:ya i agreed can anyone else plz comment on it

I am not aware of such a law that makes it mandatory for someone with ILR to apply for citizenship. It is a matter of choice. ILR has been explained by Jambo and I agree with him. Think of the case of Mohamed Al Fayed. He applied for British Citizenship, and was turned down a number of times. But he has not been required to leave the country.

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