Naturalization Query1

Dear all,

I have just been granted ILR under SET (M) rules (marriage to holder of ILR). I wanted to know if my previous stay as a student in the UK can count towards the 3 or 5 years required for naturalization. Details of immigration status are as follows:
- Oct 2003 - Jan 2008 on student visa.
- Feb 2008 – Feb 2010 on limited leave to remain (FLR (M))
- Feb 2010 - current on ILR

My question is, based on the fact that I was a student living in the UK prior to my Limited leave to remain. Will that time count towards my naturalization? If so, am I eligible to apply for naturalization now and/or do I wait till Feb 2011 to be eligible?

My periods of absence for the last 5 years total less than 270 days and less than 90 days for the last year.

Pls note: my Wife will be eligible to get her naturalisation certificate on or after May 2010 (give or take 1extra month for all the paperwork and ceremony)

Thank you for your help.

To answer your question YES the time counts BUT If you are NOT married to a British citizen then you have to spend 1year on ILR with 5years in total on LLR.
If in your case your does get her naturalisation certificate in May/June this year it will mean you can at that point apply as a spouse of a British citizen.