UK residence card application + British citizenship
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 3:34 pm
Hello all,
First time poster here - have searched the forums and not been able to find anything specifically related to my circumstances, so hopefully someone will be able to help with my query.
I am a British citizen and my wife is a US citizen. She has been resident in the UK since September 2013, when she came over to London to study for a PhD, having done an MSc in 2008. She was enrolled as a full-time student and entered the UK on a tier 4 visa. As part of her PhD, she was overseas for a period of 9 months undertaking required fieldwork. This period was from approximately June 2015 - March 2016, during which she remained on a tier 4 visa. We had a son in December 2016, and my wife transitioned to a spouse visa in November 2016 as she took an interruption in her studies. She is now finishing her PhD and is enrolled as a part-time student.
What I've been unable to do is find any literature on the Home Office website which permits a break of residence for > 180 days for absences related to educational work. If we can provide compelling evidence that the fieldwork was required, would my wife be eligible to apply for a UK residence card, and thus, in turn, apply for British citizenship?
First time poster here - have searched the forums and not been able to find anything specifically related to my circumstances, so hopefully someone will be able to help with my query.
I am a British citizen and my wife is a US citizen. She has been resident in the UK since September 2013, when she came over to London to study for a PhD, having done an MSc in 2008. She was enrolled as a full-time student and entered the UK on a tier 4 visa. As part of her PhD, she was overseas for a period of 9 months undertaking required fieldwork. This period was from approximately June 2015 - March 2016, during which she remained on a tier 4 visa. We had a son in December 2016, and my wife transitioned to a spouse visa in November 2016 as she took an interruption in her studies. She is now finishing her PhD and is enrolled as a part-time student.
What I've been unable to do is find any literature on the Home Office website which permits a break of residence for > 180 days for absences related to educational work. If we can provide compelling evidence that the fieldwork was required, would my wife be eligible to apply for a UK residence card, and thus, in turn, apply for British citizenship?