naturalisation after student visa

london77 · Post by **london77** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 9:44 pm

hello there

im new in this forum and need some help..

i have been here in UK(london) since septembet 2003 with student visa.
now i have read naturalisation as a british citizen and iim wondering if im qualified for that.

Sept.2003 - now --> student visa
total days spent outside uk in this period --> less than 40 days

and Im Turkish Citizen

thanks in advance..

keshgrover · Post by **keshgrover** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 10:57 pm

london77 wrote:hello there

im new in this forum and need some help..

i have been here in UK(london) since septembet 2003 with student visa.
now i have read naturalisation as a british citizen and iim wondering if im qualified for that.

Sept.2003 - now --> student visa
total days spent outside uk in this period --> less than 40 days

and Im Turkish Citizen

thanks in advance..

I don't think you fall under this category. One year free from immigration control is also required. I would suggest have good look again on what you have read earlier. Unless you have been married to a BC or an EEA national or any other work catagory, your chances are low.

Regards

london77 · Post by **london77** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:12 am

yeah actually i know that last one year i have to have visa thats free from immigration control. but i am just wondering if that period as a student visa count in this five years.?

from the paper i understand it as i said, but when i showed to my english friend, she says no it doesnt count.

to make it clearer, lets say
i have been lving here for 6 years with student visa and if i get indefinite leave to remain for next one year, can i apply for naturalization?

thnks again in advance..

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:40 am

It's ten years on student visa for ILR, one more year for citizenship, under the ten year legal stay rule.

I'm afraid student isn't a path to citizenship so u'll have to wait or switch to another category (and still wait!) or marry!

london77 · Post by **london77** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:23 pm

i guess i misexplained again..
im not saying i intend to go for ILR with student visa, im simply saying that after having 6 years of student visa if anychance i get one more year visa but this time ILR can i go for naturalisation..
6 years student + ILR ( 1 years) --> am i qualified for Naturalisation?

Post by **John** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:54 pm

london77, as already said, a student visa does not lead to ILR, except under the Long Residence category. And without ILR you cannot apply for Naturalisation.

So 10 years for Long Residence ILR, plus 1 year. But by then the law will be rather different.

london77 · Post by **london77** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:35 pm

im not saying that it leads ILR
i am saying that if i get ILR in one way or another and plus my 6 year student visa can i qualify for naturalisation?
I DO NOT INTEND TO GET ILR WITH STUDENT VISA....

Post by **John** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 5:51 pm

So please explain how you are intending to get ILR?

Post by **PaperPusher** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:11 pm

i have been lving here for 6 years with student visa and if i get indefinite leave to remain for next one year, can i apply for naturalization?

thnks again in advance..

Your question makes no sense, sorry.

Do you mean, if you get indefinite leave to remain in the next year (which is unlikely to say the least), can you apply for naturalisation, the answer is, well it depends on how you got ILR.

You need to give more details.

Also typing in capitals is often seen as the equivalent to shouting at someone when it is done on a forum.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:43 pm

london77 wrote:im not saying that it leads ILR
i am saying that if i get ILR in one way or another and plus my 6 year student visa can i qualify for naturalisation?
I DO NOT INTEND TO GET ILR WITH STUDENT VISA....

If u marry now, after two years on Spouse visa you can apply for ILR and Naturalise at the same time.

So that's two years from now and about Â£1500 at once.

If u switch to work-based visa, it will be five years from now.

Via student or any other legal stay it's four more years for ILR, wait a year then naturalise, as said before.

london77 · Post by **london77** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:51 pm

well thks for everyone .. and need to say something first that i didnt shout

just want to stress some points there..
and again here..

i have no question about ILR, or how to get it. questioon is simple.
can someone who has 6 years student visa and 1 year ILR qualify naturalisation?

nothing more..

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 8:48 pm

london77 wrote:well thks for everyone .. and need to say something first that i didnt shout ;)

just want to stress some points there..
and again here..

i have no question about ILR, or how to get it. questioon is simple.
can someone who has 6 years student visa and 1 year ILR qualify naturalisation?

nothing more..

Yes you can subject to some other criteria which I can't be bothered outlining.

Post by **PaperPusher** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:39 pm

It has to be real ILR not fake.

Post by **John** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:16 pm

can someone who has 6 years student visa and 1 year ILR qualify naturalisation?

No, simply because with 6 years student visa you can't possibly have ILR. Simple as that.

london77, do appreciate that unless you give more information, this topic will get closed. That is, we are not going to go round in circles forever.

london77 · Post by **london77** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:21 am

John wrote:
No, simply because with 6 years student visa you can't possibly have ILR. Simple as that.

london77, do appreciate that unless you give more information, this topic will get closed. That is, we are not going to go round in circles forever.

well u are free to close it, as it seems i cant get info anyway, and its true its circling nothing more.. i am saying this ILR is not important, just forget it and simply tell me if it is possible to be qualified with 6 years student and 1 year ILR, but still people asking me how am i planning to get ILR. include you still saying "No, simply because with 6 years student visa you can't possibly have ILR. Simple as that.
" even tough i stressed this out " i am not trying to get ILR with student visa"
i know my english is horrible but still i beleive i wa clear about my question..
when it comes to why am i asking this question here,
thats becuase i called Home office few times and each time they gave me different answer, but in all calls they told me that as long as im here legally, student or not this years i have spent here counts for 5 years condition, but i have to have 1 more year as ILR.
So, even home office told me that why am i asking here, thats because few friends of mine told me that that years as student dont count, and they told me after reading home office form on such issue.

sadly didnt get my answer here, but as i expressed before u r free to close this title.

thanks again for everyone who spent time and showed interest in the subject..
regards...

Post by **PaperPusher** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:18 am

Well thanks for telling us it was a hypothetical question that you and your mates were discussing rather than your actual situation.

Post by **vinny** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:27 am

london77 wrote:yeah actually i know that last one year i have to have visa thats free from immigration control. but i am just wondering if that period as a student visa count in this five years.?

from the paper i understand it as i said, but when i showed to my english friend, she says no it doesnt count.

Currently, see also Intriguing Naturalisation Question.

Post by **John** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:16 am

sadly didnt get my answer here, but as i expressed before u r free to close this title.

You did get an answer. You just did not like the answer you got.

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