Naturalisation after Spouse ILR

TJUK wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 30, 2023 11:59 pm

Dear members

Thank you for everyone who provided quick responses regarding my wife’s ILR application. She will be enrolling her bio metric on 18/10/2023 and hopefully will be granted ILR before end of October 2023 because I have paid for super priority service. SPS is not a guaranteed service, manage your expectations, hopefully it comes as you wish

I am preparing for her naturalisation application so as soon as she received approval I would apply for citizenship.

I would appreciate if experienced members answer the following questions.

English Language
My wife passed B1 test more than years ago, this was assessed at the time of spouse visa extension of a British Citizen and also provided with ILR application. Can this be used again once ILR approved for citizenship/naturalisation application? Yes

Did you meet the knowledge of English requirement as part of an ILR made on or after 28/10/2013? Should I say Yes?

Have you provided evidence of your English Language ability in a previous application? Should I say yes?

LIUK
My wife passed LIUK test Feb 2022 and reference number provided with ILR application. Can she used this again for citizenship/naturalisation? Yes

Dependent Children
We both have 2 British born children. There is a question if have any dependent children who are not applying with you? Should I say No? Say Yes, add a note that children are British

Referee

My wife initially arrived in Cardiff 27/10/2018 and then we both moved to Glasgow in June 2021.

1st referee still lived in Cardiff, can he give reference? Or does it cause doubts because we did not stayed in Cardiff for 3 years? He is professional but and settled in the UK with EU passport?

2nd Referee lived in Glasgow and British Citizen but again only known us since June 2021. She is a manager in a School. Can she provide reference?

Use referees the have know applicant for required period as stated in form.

Do we have to fill a paper referee form and get it signed and scan/upload it? Online application form ask information about referees but unsure that at the end ask us to download forms n get them signed. Yes, You will get the form and

Checklist Documents

There are bullet points which makes me confused?

1st one ask to provide Pakistan Passport for my wife. I will scan all pages and upload it however, 2nd bullet point is the issue.

Proof of living 3 years if applying as the spouse of BC. If we only have to provide scan copy my wife’s passport as a proof of living then why checklist is asking it twice? Please help. Some questions are asked that same document meets the purpose of, in this case passport.

Always appreciate help from the members.

Looking to hear from you.

Regards
TJ

TJUK wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:09 pm

Dear member.

Thank you again for your quick response.

I would appreciate if experienced members provide answers to the remaining questions.
I think some of this was already answered....let me try.
Did you meet the knowledge of English requirement as part of an ILR made on or after 28/10/2013? What should I put here? Yes or No? Yes

Have you provided evidence of your English Language ability in a previous application? What should I put here? Yes or No? Yes

Unfortunately all the referees we know not know us 3 or more than 3 years as we moved cities as mentioned in my previous post.

My question is that does referees have to be living in the same city/county to provide reference? No such requirement.

As it was mentioned that at the end of application form we will be asked to download referee form and get it signed then It will be difficult for us to provide references from Cardiff because we are living in Glasgow since June 2021. Please advise what should we do on this situation. Please help. You can download one from this link: https://visas-immigration.service.gov.u ... on_MN1.pdf - it's the same or similar to the one you can download at the end of the application. Send them to your referees to complete and return, and upload with the other documents.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards
TJ