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BHC AustraliaFluid36 wrote:I was basically just wondering what the process would be for the Citizenshipp application?
Yes you can, but only if you fulfil the requirements for naturalisation.Fluid36 wrote:Thanks for thew reply
So do you agree that I can apply from abroad for citizenship from being the spouse of a Brit?
Thanks
Which the OP has already stated they haven't.... (ie they didn't move to Australia because their spouse was transfered there to work in crown or designated service)sushdmehta wrote:Yes you can, but only if you fulfil the requirements for naturalisation.Fluid36 wrote:Thanks for thew reply
So do you agree that I can apply from abroad for citizenship from being the spouse of a Brit?
Thanks
regards
Only if it was a holiday and you were going to return to the UK would you stand some chance, otherwise you don't meet the requirement "have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least three years". And as the application takes 3-6 months from Australia no-one is going to apply whilst on holiday..sushdmehta wrote:You could have applied for naturalisation within 3 months of entering Australia. You would have, perhaps, satisfied the residential requirements then.
You can't be absent from UK for more than 90 days in the year preceding the naturalisation application, and not more than 270 days in the 3 years qualifying period.Fluid36 wrote:Thanks for all of the replies, I have been in Australia less than 3 months (travelled around NZ for 3 months first) and could also easily claim that I am still on holiday (what's stopping me being on holdiday for a year?).
Doesn't say they won't try to verify your absences, and if they find you are trying to obtain British citizenship by deception you can at the very least say goodbye to getting British citizenship for a long while.Fluid36 wrote: Also read the paragraph below in the requirments, interesting!
"NB. Passports will not necessarily be stamped to show embarkation from the United Kingdom. In these and other circumstances (e.g. involving lost or stolen passports), applicants should be given the benefit of any doubt where claimed absences cannot be otherwise verified but are within the limits we would normally allow and there are no grounds to doubt the accuracy of the claim."
good to know that one can just 'lose' their passport and claim that they were nbot absent.