Work absences waived for Naturalisation?

Hello,

I'm sure this has been asked before but I haven't been able to find anything on the boards that relate, so apologies if this appears elsewhere.

I have now had my my ILR and I was hoping to apply for naturalisation. I have counted my days away in the last year and have counted 117, 86 of which were for work purposes (i.e employed by a British Company, being paid in British currency). Are these days able to waived at all, as without these I have only been away for 31 days in the past year, and the nature of my work (film and television) means I am often required to travel abroad to earn my living.

Many thanks!

No. Absence includes ALL absences. Suggest wait a month or two to be closer to the 90 day mark.

Disaster. The majority of those absences were in one large block (80 days).

When would you be close to say 100 days absence?

A pint to note is that the fee is dropping slightly on 6th April.

I will be on 112 days mid- May, and then 100 days exactly on the 25th July. This was however 12 days into my 80 day absence.

Should be fine to apply in July and the extra days will be disregarded.

Hi Blinkhouse,

absences of 100 days in last one year are normally disregarded. In case of any excess absences you will have to request discretion. Refer to Annexure B to chapter 18 of immigration rules.

Also have you counted how many days were you absent from UK in last 5 years?
and were you in UK exactly 5 years before the day, the home office will receive your application?

If nature of your job needs regular travel and you have your estate in UK, I guess there could be a possibility of requesting a discretion, but I am not 100% sure.

Regards
R

CR001 wrote:... A pint to note is that the fee is dropping slightly on 6th April.

Acvcording to this https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pr2017.pdf
the fee has gone up £46.

Thank you all.

I just revised my days away as I over counted slightly. So my total is 108 days is the last year. over the 5 years prior I was only away for a total of 94 days so that makes 202 days over the last 5 years. I don't yet have an appointment but I am aware of the rule that you need to be present in the uk on that same day the previous year. I also have my own Limited Company registered in the UK which is how I conduct my work, and all of my assets are in the UK. Unfortunately I am not yet on the property market, so can't count on this.

Again thank you all for your help.

Reading through Annex B (thanks RRSB2012) it states:

Total absences of more than 100 days but not more than 180
days where the residence requirements over the full 5(3) year
qualifying period are met - consider disregarding if applicants
have demonstrated links through the presence here of family,
an established home and a substantial part of their estate.

My wife is living here also on ILR and her parents are both British citizens, naturalised several years ago. Surely this helps. Does anyone know a good London based solicitor who may be able to help my case?

Thank you all.

alterhase58 wrote:

CR001 wrote:... A pint to note is that the fee is dropping slightly on 6th April.

Acvcording to this https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... pr2017.pdf
the fee has gone up £46.

Then it must be that the fee I looked at was the one excluding the ceremony fee. Apologies