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verdi wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:31 am

After having ILR for 16 years, I am thinking of trying for citizenship. My ILR is the old paper kind in an expired American passport, and I never had to get BRP as I own my house and I worked for the same employer for many years, and then retired and don't travel internationally anymore due to health. I'm married to a British citizen.

If I do apply, how do I report the following? In 1988 I had an out-of-state minor motoring offence in the USA, extended my stay and as I was a new driver, went to traffic school in that state (equivalent of speed awareness course), and the offence was then removed from my record. As my home state didn't record minor offenses from out of state, it never showed up on my driving record and didn't affect my car insurance.

In 1994, I was pulled over for speeding five miles over the limit in the USA. I think I was just given a warning and no ticket.

IN 1995?, I received a parking ticket for overstaying on a coin-operated meter in the USA. I think it was a ten dollar fine.

In 2002, I did get a speeding ticket for 9 miles over the limit in the USA. No court appearance, on the spot fine in a speed trap, so like a fixed penalty notice.

I don't drive here in the UK, and have lived here since 2004 on various visas legally with no offenses criminal or civil. All offences above don't need to be declared.

I passed the life in the UK text and still have the certificate, and I received two graduate degress from American universities so that should take care of the English requirement. Your degrees are good, but just simply being American takes care of your language requirement. English speaking country.

For absenses from the country for the past five years, I travelled to the Netherlands for five days in 2019, Germany for four days in October on business 2022, twice in Netherlands and Italy on business internationally in 2023 for a total of three weeks. I didn't travel at all in 2020 or 2021. I don't think this is a problem. Provide what you have to prove residency in the UK since your ILR. I'm sure you should be fine as the HO also have your records of in and outs.

I have my marriage certificates good, birth certificates not required, etc, and orignal passport with the ILR paper sticker type one, good, required and the new passport. I can get references from a university lecturer for the professional one, and from a librarian for the other one. One has to be British, the other could be any nationality.

verdi wrote: ↑

Fri Apr 05, 2024 12:24 pm

Thanks so much for your help and speedy reply. Both references are British, so I think that is OK Even better.. Should I put a spreadsheet in of all my absenses from the UK for sixteen years since I was granted ILR Yeah you could. But the form would guide you on what you need., or just let the Home Office total the days up?The system would total the last 3 years over 2 weeks. I had one period I was gone for two months in 2017 You're fine on that. for work and one month in Ireland during 2021 for work Ireland doesn't count as an exit, as you're within the CTA (common travel area), but you should still add it to the form., but other than that it has been about 2-3 weeks a year for holiday, except during COVID.