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Spouse naturalisation question

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:44 pm
by abhijit19
I can't seem to find a correct answer for my question anywhere. So i have naturalised after my ILR. Got my approval letter but yet to attend the ceremony and get the certificate.
I want to start the process for my wife to apply for her naturalisation. She is on ILR. Both are non eu.

So will she apply as a partner of a British citizen or someone who has settled status? If anyone can point me towards the guidance then that'd be really helpful

Re: Spouse naturalisation question

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:47 pm
by CR001
You are not british. Until you have attended your ceremony and recover your certificate, you are only an ilr holder and not British.

If she applies now, she must have held ilr for 12 months first and apply/qualify in her own right.

There is NO dependent concept for citizenship and once she holds ilr.

Re: Spouse naturalisation question

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:49 pm
by secret.simon
Until your citizenship ceremony, you are a person with settled status and not a British citizen.

For your wife to qualify to apply as the spouse of a British citizen, she needs to apply on or after the date of your citizenship ceremony, with proof of your British citizenship, so you may have to wait until you get the naturalisation certificate in hand before you start her naturalisation process.

EDIT: Beaten by CR001.