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Hello everyone,

Please can someone help me please. I am wondering if i need to send documents going back 5 years as I am applying to naturalise to a British citizen using the AN form based on my 5 years partner route which I got the settlement visa for early this month. I applied super priority and I got it the following day. Now I am making a citizenship application.

The form is asking for payslips and p60 from my employer. How many months payslips do I need? And also for my letters etc do they all need to be saying back 5 years because that is what the indefinite leave to remain was based on?

A bit of background.

I came here as a child in 2004, after my parents students visa ran out. After a few refused applications FLR O at the time, I was granted a visa based on British husband and child in 2018. We switched to the 5 year partner route and I finally got a settlement visa early this month! Thanks to all the advice from experiences and members here.

Many thanks

All you need (as an ILR holder) is your passport(s) covering the residency period for naturalisation.
The application requires a minimum of documents. Naturalisation is not a continuation of ILR, it's not an immigration application.
Also, all documents are uploaded, not sent in original. No P60, payslips or letters.

NOTE: there are no priority options for AN. UKVI advises a processing target of 6 months, many applications are approved faster than that, some take longer. You also have to wait for the citizenship ceremony, after that you are a British citizen, then apply for your passport which is much faster at that stage.

Many thanks for your response.

The letters I am referring to are the ones that prove my residency. My application form at the end asks me to give proof of:

Proof of living in the UK for applicant
for 5 years if applying in your own
right or 3 years if applying as the spouse of a
British Citizen.

the p60 is to also prove that i have paid my taxes and have to prove i have been self suffiecient according to the wording. That is what the letters ( NO UTILITY BILLS) are for alongside English certificate and life in Uk test evidence, and references that is why i was asking. All the same thank you for elaborating on other aspects i did not know about.

Much appreciated

Your path to settlement doesn't matter for citizenship. As you are married to a British citizen you only need to prove you lived here for 3 years. Passport, all pages scanned, covering the 3 years, will be enough.

It is your passport, all stamped pages and bio page. That's it, nothing else.

Understood. I guess i am overthinking this after having done applications over the years requiring a lot of evidence. ok i get it now.

Many thanks to both of you.

Best Wishes

Hello again,

My apologies I wasn’t sure whether to start another thread or not since my question is along the same lines.

I was wondering if I should send my old passport too which expired in 2014, because it bears the stamp that I got when I first came to the Uk in 2004? Or should I just send my new passport from 2018 onwards as they will just consider the qualifying period of the last 3 years since I have a British Spouse?

Many thanks for your help.

New passport is enough. Please continue posting in this thread any question you may have.

I understand.

Thank you so much for your response.

Much appreciated

hello

Sorry just 1 last question, is a cover letter necessary please? I am just uploading my documents and i realised I did not prepare a cover letter as i have always done one with the previous applications.

Many thanks

You dont need a cover letter.

thank you so much