A family member (Indian citizen) is applying to become a British citizen after having ILR following 5 years of spouse visa. However, she is also about to apply a Canadian work permit to travel with her spouse in June 2023. Is this feasible?
I am anticipating the citizenship application to be submitted in the next 2 weeks, and the work permit application to be submitted in March 2023 as per the employer. In this case, the Indian passport will be used for the Canadian work permit. By the time she travels in June, she will hopefully have completed the naturalisation process, obtained the certificate, surrendered the Indian passport and obtained the British passport. In this case, the work permit will be on the old cancelled Indian passport.
If she were to defer the application for citizenship and apply after returning from Canada in 1 year, will she have to start the clock again (3 years of living in the UK) before being eligible for citizenship?
I would be grateful for any advice.
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