absence from the uk (applying for naturalisation )

[rogerroger]

My brother is eligible for naturalisation in April 2006.
fpr personal reasons he has decided to go back home for a period of 3 months, how will this affect his chances for naturlisation in April 2006?

[John]

Roger, assuming he is not married to a British Citizen, the tests include :-

• not out of the UK more than 450 days in the five years up to the time when IND receive the application, and also
• not out of the UK more than 90 days in the one year up to the time when IND receive the application

Now "3 months" is about 90 days so I think your brother needs to be careful here. He also needs to take into account any other absences from the UK since April 2005, in order to work out the number of days out in the last year.

There is a bit of leeway on those 450 and 90 day numbers, but not a lot.

So to summarise, he could be causing problems for himself and might need to delay his application.