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Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:38 am
by raz93
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding my dad’s naturalisation application .. my dad has had two wives my mother and my step mother .. he married both long before moving to UK from Pakistan ..
He moved from pakistan to UK on Tier 1 Ent in 2013 and got ILR in 2018 .. my mother joined him as dependant wife in 2015 ..
Now i am filling his application for naturalisation .. in relations section .. shall we include his other wife(my step mother) and my step sister .. or should they be left out as they have no plans of coming to UK.. also what are the legal implications in this scenario..
Thanks for your time..
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:33 am
by secret.simon
Irrespective of the order in which he married them, he can only sponsor one spouse to the UK. Therefore, as your mother is already in the UK, your step-mother cannot come to the UK on a dependent spouse visa (she can on some other visa, just not on a dependent spouse visa).
As your step-sister was born outside the UK, for her to register as a British citizen, both her parents would need to be settled in the UK (having ILR) and at least one parent should have British citizenship, before her 18th birthday. As her mother will not be settled in the UK, she will not be able to claim British citizenship purely through her father.
However, any future children born to your father and your step-mother after the issue of the naturalisation certificate/citizenship ceremony will automatically be British citizens by descent, even if born abroad.
Due to that last possibility, I am inclined to suggest that your step-mother and step-sister should be mentioned in the application form, but wait for others to advise.
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:37 am
by raz93
secret.simon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:33 am
Irrespective of the order in which he married them, he can only sponsor one spouse to the UK. Therefore, as your mother is already in the UK, your step-mother cannot come to the UK on a dependent spouse visa (she can on some other visa, just not on a dependent spouse visa).
As your step-sister was born outside the UK, for her to register as a British citizen, both her parents would need to be settled in the UK (having ILR) and at least one parent should have British citizenship, before her 18th birthday. As her mother will not be settled in the UK, she will not be able to claim British citizenship purely through her father.
However, any future children born to your father and your step-mother after the issue of the naturalisation certificate/citizenship ceremony will automatically be British citizens by descent, even if born abroad.
Due to that last possibility, I am inclined to suggest that your step-mother and step-sister should be mentioned in the application form, but wait for others to advise.
Thanks for your advice.. my father is around 68 and my step mother is around 65 .. quite unlikely for them to have babies now lol ..
So to what i understand nothing is wrong according to english law as to his relationship status(polygamy)..
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:39 am
by raz93
Also to add either of them do not plan on coming to UK for settlement.. however, unless something disastrous happens..
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:41 am
by secret.simon
raz93 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2019 8:37 am
So to what i understand nothing is wrong according to english law as to his relationship status(polygamy)..
Well, to the best of my knowledge, the second marriage is not recognised for immigration purposes, but is recognised otherwise if it was valid in the country where it was held. Others will correct me if I am wrong.
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 12:38 pm
by raz93
Thanks for your advice .. also one more thing .. i do not remember if when applying for Tier 1 Ent we wrote their details in entry clearance or the initial application ..
So in case we did not .. and we do it now .. would that be counted deception ?
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:44 am
by raz93
I managed to find a copy of initial entry clearance application .. where we did fill up details of my step sister but not my step mom as it did not had any section where it could be stated..
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:36 pm
by raz93
HI MODERATORS,
i am filling up the online application form and got stuck at previous marriages section as it would not proceed unless previous marriage end date is not given.. any suggestions please.
Re: Two wives prior to naturilisation
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 12:09 am
by raz93
any suggestions please..