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Thanks alterhase58 for your valuable and explained reply, it's much appreciated.alterhase58 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:52 pmAs you have completed one year under ILR you will be able to apply for naturalisation in Jan 2022 - the route to ILR is not relevant for this application, and as per your details you can prove 5 years lawful residence (i.e. your passport(s) with stamps in/out).
Thanks secret.simon for your reply and valuable advice, it's much appreciated,secret.simon wrote: ↑Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:18 pmIt is a very niche question and I will try and advise you based on my knowledge, but you may well have to consult a solicitor who is well-versed in this niche area of the law (i.e. not just any solicitor).
Naturalisation is not a part of immigration law, which ends at ILR. And immigration law and nationality law, which governs naturalisation, differ in some important details, such as, for instance, the definition of the United Kingdom. UK Immigration law only applies to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, whereas nationality law includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man in its application. I only point this out as an example that you should not stretch the definitions of immigration law into nationality law.
Apart from having absence requirements, a naturalisation application requires that you be physically present in the UK at the start of the five year period immediately preceding the date of application. That is a non-discretionary/mandatory requirement that the Home Office can't dispense with/set aside and must be met. I am not convinced that offshore service would count as being "physically present" in the UK.
A quick google search linked to an article that suggested that working on the UK Continental Shelf (200 miles) outside UK territorial waters (12 miles) does not require UK immigration control. I am inclined to think that that means that it is not counted as being a part of the UK.
I would therefore be inclined to suggest that you wait until you complete five years of residence in the UK, ideally on terra very firma. But again, I would remind you that I am not a lawyer and you may want to consult a solicitor who would know about the nationality law implications of working off-shore.