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Hello all, I just wanted to update this thread and thank you all again for your advice and guidance. We made the joint citizenship & passport application with NCS in mid-January this year, in early May had a letter from the HO asking for extra details about when he first became known to the HO etc e...

Start here: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/406368/Chapter_18_Annex_D_v02.pdf Thank you noajthan, I appreciate your help "9.5 Illegal Entry In circumstances where an applicant entered the UK illegally, an application for citizenship should normally be refus...

Hello again folks, many thanks for your great advice 17 months ago - thread here: british-citizenship/does-my-husband-need-a-b1-english-qualification-confused-t193405.html My husband entered the UK illegally but claimed asylum immediately on arrival January 2007 and complied with all HO contact requ...

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Hello again folks, many thanks for your great advice 17 months ago - thread here: http://www.immigrationboards.com/british-citizenship/does-my-husband-need-a-b1-english-qualification-confused-t193405.html My husband entered the UK and claimed asylum immediately early January 2007 and complied with a...

Thank you all especially for the LITUK audio tip. His spoken English is pretty darned good. I know he used this method when passing his driving theory test.

The home study for IELT's GESE 5 starts as soon as he passes the LITUK.

Can't see an 'edit' button - but just to add that it'd be highly likely that my husband could pass Trinity’s GESE Grade 5 exam Speaking and Listening (B1 level test) with extra home study and home coaching so that is a positive. His English language skills are already good so that is again more posi...

Being in limbo with no employment is not a factor as employment is not a requirement for naturalisation. LITUK & English B1 can be attempted & done individually over time; both can be studied in own time and/or locally at a FE college or evening class (plus self-study, especially for LITUK). You wo...

Thank you - the only part of this list that might apply is "1. met this requirement, on or after 28th October 2013, in order to obtain settlement," But this implies having obtained a B1 level qual.? Yes. Note rules are changing from November 2015: https://www.gov.uk/english-language/approved-englis...

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I was confused by the HO guidance about Discretionary ILR status. I guess ILR awarded by the Home Sec at her discretion outside of the rules is not the same as Discretionary ILR?

Thank you - the only part of this list that might apply is

"1. met this requirement, on or after 28th October 2013, in order to obtain settlement,"

But this implies having obtained a B1 level qual.?

Hello! This is my first post here and I hope I make sense :) An introduction: I am 44 and a UK born citizen. My husband came to UK in 2007 but was denied refugee status as his asylum applications failed. However due to his country of origin - Bhutan - there was no mechanism to deport him. We also me...