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Not correct. If married to a BC, there is no need to hold ILR for 12 months.damidamz wrote:1. you can apply for british citizenship after 1 year of ILR and you can't apply through your spouse, you have to have ILR for 1 year to be a british citizen
Thanks for answering my queries!Jambo wrote:Not correct. If married to a BC, there is no need to hold ILR for 12 months.damidamz wrote:1. you can apply for british citizenship after 1 year of ILR and you can't apply through your spouse, you have to have ILR for 1 year to be a british citizen
Answering your questions:
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Yes.
4. No affect if married to BC.
Once your wife is granted BC, apply as a spouse.textirona wrote:hi there. my wife and i together with our kids got our ILR last year february. my wife was on work permit visa for 5 years before we got the ILR. now the situation is this month or next month, my wife will be applying for british citizenship, but i am not included in the application for the reason of the residence requirement which is 5 years. i have been here in UK since june 2008 so that is only 3 years 7 months. my question is do i have to wait until i reach 5 years of staying here before i can apply for citizenship? i hope you can give me options on what to do or there may be other ways. thanks in advance.