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Irish Naturalised Citizen applying for British Citizenship?
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 10:23 pm
by mufc69
Hello, I am a dual British/Irish citizen, my wife is from the Philippines and has recently became a naturalised Irish citizen, she has been living in the UK (Northern Ireland) under EEA residence card for over 5 years, I would like to know can she apply for British citizenship right away or does her clock begin from the date she became an Irish citizen?
Re: Irish Naturalised Citizen applying for British Citizenship?
Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2019 11:04 pm
by secret.simon
Her Irish citizenship has nothing to do with her British citizenship application.
She needs to have acquired PR or ILR under the Settled Status scheme and have either a DCPR (now that she is an Irish citizen) or Settled Status to make a British naturalisation application in the usual manner.
Provided she has either a DCPR or Settled Status, she can apply for British citizenship immediatly as the spouse of a British citizen, provided she was physically in the UK exactly three years prior to the date of the application.