Citizenship for dependants

I have 2 children who were born in the UK, and are my dependants. We will be eligible for applying for citizenship soon, but I am not really sure that I want to lose my Indian passport, OCI not withstanding. Is it possible that only the children and the spouse can apply for citizenship? Note that they are my dependants, so dont have their own income or anything.

when it comes to citizenship it is 'each man/woman to his own' there are. Once one gets ILR s/he ceases to be a dependent and wont need the other party to apply for naturalisation. You applying wont affect your spouse or vice versa. The only thing is that when a couple apply for naturalisation they can benefit from a discounted fee if they apply at the same time. Also for children if more than one child is applying then they can benefit from a similar discount.

Thank you for the reply. When you say every one for himself, do they not consider stuff like income etc in making the decision? As current dependants they have no income, in fact the children wont even be able to give the citizenship test!

I would suggest you have a look at the form AN & Guide AN for yourself and Spouse and Form MN & Guide MN for any minor children for the full requirements of anyone applying.

Remember also that your children born here are eligible to apply as soon as you get ILR, they dont need to wait for you to also apply
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