Naturalisation query.

[scrattaroo]

Hello, everybody & good morning.

My wife has her British Citizenship ceremony next month. I have just obtained my ILR.

My queries are as follows :

1) Can I apply for Naturalisation based on GOV.UK’s website which states spouse would be eligible for naturalisation (without having to wait for the mandatory 12 months) if the partner has a British Citizenship?
Yes or no?

2) Do I need to wait for her to obtain her British passport or the post-ceremony letter is good enough?

3) I’m asking here only because two law firms have given me two contradicting replies - one said, I could apply & the other said I need to wait for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. Got me confused.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Scrat.

[alterhase58]

Hello, everybody & good morning.

My wife has her British Citizenship ceremony next month. I have just obtained my ILR.

My queries are as follows :

1) Can I apply for Naturalisation based on GOV.UK’s website which states spouse would be eligible for naturalisation (without having to wait for the mandatory 12 months) if the partner has a British Citizenship?
Yes or no? Yes

2) Do I need to wait for her to obtain her British passport or the post-ceremony letter is good enough? Not sure what a post ceremony letter is. Naturalisation certificate should be ok plus marriage certificate.

3) I’m asking here only because two law firms have given me two contradicting replies - one said, I could apply & the other said I need to wait for 12 months before applying for naturalisation. Got me confused.the application is straightforward no need for lawyers.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Scrat.

[scrattaroo]

Hi alterhase, thank you for the quick response. Much appreciated mate.

Thanks for the confirming that I can apply for naturalisation without having to wait for the mandatory 12 months. Good news for me.

I meant the letter given after the swearing in ceremony as I was not sure if I need to wait for her official passport to be issued by the Home Office. Glad that Naturalisation certificate is enough.

I’m filling the form myself, I have never used a lawyer so far for any of my applications. I only wanted to confirm with the lawyers because I did not want my application to be rejected by the Home Office.

[alterhase58]

Note that the certificate is the document conferring citizenship. The passport is a travel document though would also be acceptable.

Feel free to post further queries in this thread.

[scrattaroo]

No, that should do. Will start my application & update as per.

Thank you, alterhase. Much appreciated pal.