Who are you asking for?

Your last post on the forum says you are applying for British citizenship.

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It is your visa route that determines the form, not your partners current uk status of being British. If you were a Skilled Worker dependent for 5 years, the only form applicable is form SET O, even if ypu partner got ilr and citizenship. The rules allow this. Please click and read the link Zimba ...

Immigration route to ILR is irrelevant. When husband became British is irrelevant.

She could have applied for citizenship immediately after getting ILR.

1. You need 5 years on skilled worker visa route. The immigration rules dont allow you to combine dependent visa time and main visa time for ilr based on 5 years residence.

2. The 7 year rule does not apply to your child.

1. Absence not an issue.

2. The baby cannot leave the UK while an application is pending with UKVI. It will be considered automatically withdrawn if the applicant leaves the uk.

fabs312 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 27, 2026 4:32 pm

Can you change mine to:
matrix_britneo123
Many thanks.

Done

Dear Mods and Experts, Just a generic question If one parent got ILR , is it possible for child under 18 to apply for british citizen straight without applying for ILR if child spent 5 years in UK as dependent to Tier 1 E Thanks Only if the child was born in the uk. No shortcut route for children ...

baljitsingh197701 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 26, 2026 8:19 pm

Hi experts QQ:

Does referees which given in the application get emails to confirm their identity and relationship with the applicant?

No, not for the naturalisation application. Referees are not contacted.

This only applies to a British passport application when you apply online for a passport.

but it clearly says you don't need to, except for what is missing. Why reupload 5 years when you are asked to provide only 1 year's evidence? Unsure what documents you are referring to that you apparently do not need to upload that were used previously. Documents for citizenship are so minimal, all ...

Your spouse can apply now if she meets the 3 uear requirments.

Your adult children have to wait the full 12 months on ILR before rhey can apply for British citizenship.

Ilr first for the child if they were born abroad.

Child can apply for citizenship when either parent also applies.

Cureent nationality of the child is irrlevant. There is no shortcut route for children born abroad to parents that are not British.

Please ask British citizenship questions in the British citizenship sub forum.

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If an EU family permit is possible, only you can sponsor the child as an EU citizen. Your wife cannot sponsor an EU family permit, if this is even possible. You may have to go the more expensive route of the child visa under the family route and pay the visa fees and the immigration health Surcharge ...

Yes, you can upload any supporting documents but please bear in mind that submitting lots of unnecessary documents can cause delays.

The document uploads are available AFTER you have submitted and paid the application fee. You will be directed what to do.

Slightly vonfused - you mean the kids need to be here to be able to claim via this route? No, you need to be on the relevant qualifying visa to claim domestic violence. It applies to spouses of ILR holders or British citizens. Your ex doesn't appear to be either and you dont hold a family route ...

Your children will qualify for ILR when your spouse does.

No shortcut route to citizenship for kids either. They need ILR first if they were born abroad.

Just to clarify, you cannot combine dependent visa time with main visa time yo make up the 5 year residence requirement for ILR. If she is a dependednt now, her ILR clock for GTV starts from date of approval of the GTV. There is no combining of skilled worker time as she doesn't CURRENTLY hold a ...

Useful to post the full history, just during the year of each application.

Also useful to state what route to ILR you are considering, 5 year, 10 year etc.

Thats all you needed.

Stop overthinking!!

Is it a UK degree?

I have split your post to your own topic. There is NO financial requirement for skilled worker dependents. A Skilled Worker dependent CANNOT apply for ilr based on 5 years residence if the main skilled worker visa holder is not also applying or does not already have ilr. The rules do not allow this.

The 7 year routes doesn't apply to you child. The child doesn't have 7 year continuous residence.

https://www.gov.uk/uk-family-visa/private-life

The child will follow the same visa route as the parents. There is no shortcut route for children on the work visa routes.

The child will be an overstayer if their visa expires but it does NOT affect their entitlement to register as British once EITHER parent has ILR.