Applying for British Citizenship now or later?

[m.mcgookin]

Dear all,

Can you please give advice on my situation?

I have been in the UK for the last 11 years under legal stay (09/98-09/06 under student visas, 10/05-01/07 Science & engineering graduate scheme, 02/07-04/09 Spouse Visa, 07/09 - present ILR). I have been married to a UK citizen for the last 3 years (since 29/12/2006) and have satisfied the residency requirement (haven't been out the country for more than 90 days in the last three years, & etc).

I applied my ILR based on my marriage status (eventhough I was qualify to apply for ILR based on 10 yrs lawful stay, but the stamps in my passport weren't consistent to show that I have been in the country for those 10 years, and I didn't have posting receipts to show that my visa applications had been continuous).

I have been working full time for the last three years and I have all my P60s to prove my contribution to tax and National insurance. For some strange reasons, previously it usually took an average of 3 to 4 months to get my visas and also my ILR approved.

I am 3 months pregnant and would like to get my citizenship sorted or arranged in advance as I doubt I will be able to handle a new born and application during the summer this year.

I have only been on my ILR since 07/2009 and wondering whether I could apply for my naturalisation now or would I have a stronger application if I apply it in 07/2010 (one year into my ILR).

Any advices on my status are much appreciated.

Kind Regards,
mcgookin

[f2k]

You can apply NOW. That is as long as you were present in UK EXACTLY 3 years ago from the date that you apply.

You do not need to have ILR for a year when applying as spouse of UK citizen

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... ofcitizen/

[m.mcgookin]

You can apply NOW. That is as long as you were present in UK EXACTLY 3 years ago from the date that you apply.

You do not need to have ILR for a year when applying as spouse of UK citizen

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... ofcitizen/

Dear f2k,

Thanks for the advice, I will start getting ready all the paper works and form. I have been in the UK for the last 11 years, so hopefully the application will go through smoothly. I will be using the NCS services, hoping will make the approval procedure faster.

Any recommendation with the NCS service or should I just go for normal postal service (which I usually do as I have all my documentation).

Many thanks,
mcgookin

[John]

Use NCS .... highly recommended.