ILR Approved, Backdates and British citizenship

Applicants under section 6(1) who have not been free of immigration time restrictions for 12 months

Applicants under section 6(1) of the 1981 act are also required to have been free of immigration time restrictions for the remainder of this period. There is however discretion to waive this requirement. Discretion to disregard immigration time restrictions in the 12 months prior to application can be exercised if....

•the applicant made an application for ILR at least 15 months before the citizenship application, and was granted following a delay which was not their fault

Modenine wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:31 pm

Please is there possibility for one to apply for British Citizenship after the ILR was delayed by HO for close to 3 years? Here is my timeline

ILR application refused in 2016 due to deception claims by HO
JR Hearing Oct 2017
Judge's Decision Dec 2018 (JR case won)
2019 (ILR) approved

I look forward to getting advise as regards whether I can make an application for British Citizenship straight away or do l have to wait for one year. Also can the ILR letter be backdated considering l have had continous legal stay (over 12years) after l won my JR and ILR was approved.

masterpeas wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:00 pm

I found judges have various understanding and hence results were all different.