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British citizenship for spouse currently not on ILR

Post by smitha_c7 » Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:42 am

Hi,

I have query regarding when I would be eligilbe to apply for British citizenship. My husband would be getting his citizenship in a month and I am planning to apply on that grounds. I have been staying in the UK for the past 3 years and meet the residential requirements. I have done my Life in UK test and meet the English language requirement. The requirements (http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... ofcitizen/) mention nothing about the current visa status. I have been on Tier-1 general for 2 years and currently on FLR on my spouse's ILR since the past one year. Will I be eligible to apply for citizenship soon after he gets his citizenship?

Many thanks,
Smitha

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Post by vinny » Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:04 am

No. You require ILR prior to being eligible for naturalisation.
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Post by tronix » Mon Jan 16, 2012 12:56 pm

Just to back up vinny:

Section 7.1:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary

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Post by friendinneed » Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:50 am

tronix wrote:Just to back up vinny:

Section 7.1:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitec ... iew=Binary
A fairly bad way to back them up given it states:
This does not mean that the applicant must have ILE or ILR
Read the document for the full explanation but the generality of it is that you must be free from immigration restriction. ILR is the most common route to this but you could for example have PR if you were a EU citizen or family member of one.

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