Naturalisation after five years in the UK

[easylife4me]

I m on work permit and I will have ILR in june. that means i am completing 5 years in UK. Does that mean I can apply for the Citizenship as I have finished 5 years in uk and is a requirement for naturalisation.
Please share your views...

[olisun]

I m on work permit and I will have ILR in june. that means i am completing 5 years in UK. Does that mean I can apply for the Citizenship as I have finished 5 years in uk and is a requirement for naturalisation.
Please share your views...

before that u need to complete 1yr under ILR and pass all the various tests

[easylife4me]

but it also says
If you are not married to an UK Citizen you will need to meet the following residence requirements over the last five years.

You must have been living in the UK exactly five years before the date the application reaches the Home Office; and
During the five-year period you must not have been outside the United Kingdom for more than 450 days (about 15 months); and
During the last 12 months of the five-year period you must not have been outside the UK for more than 90 days; and
During the last 12 months of the five-year period your stay in the United Kingdom you must have held permanent residence/ indefinite leave to remain (ILR); and
You must not have been living in the United Kingdom in breach of the UK immigration rules at any time during the five-year period ending with the date that the application is received by the Home Office.

[davidm]

but it also says
If you are not married to an UK Citizen you will need to meet the following residence requirements over the last five years.

You must have been living in the UK exactly five years before the date the application reaches the Home Office; and
During the last 12 months of the five-year period your stay in the United Kingdom you must have held permanent residence/ indefinite leave to remain (ILR).

Clearly you can not apply until you have 12months of ILR as per above.

[Dawie]

You are missing out the one crucial piece of the puzzle that you do not have:

During the last 12 months of the five-year period your stay in the United Kingdom you must have held permanent residence/ indefinite leave to remain (ILR);

[Marco 72]

Effectively the time needed for naturalisation if you are not married to a British citizen is six years, because you need to have spent the last year on ILR, and you are only eligible for it after five years (it used to be four until last year).

[easylife4me]

as we know ILR 4-to-5 case for hearing on 14 & 15 June 2007,if they win the case what will then happen in term of applying to naturalization.

[Marco 72]

They are not going to win, unfortunately. There was nothing illegal in what the government did when it increased the time required to qualify for ILR.

[Christophe]

as we know ILR 4-to-5 case for hearing on 14 & 15 June 2007,if they win the case what will then happen in term of applying to naturalization.

I think that they won't win the case. If they do, then the Government would, I am sure, appeal, so nothing would change in a hurry anyway.

[Dawie]

as we know ILR 4-to-5 case for hearing on 14 & 15 June 2007,if they win the case what will then happen in term of applying to naturalization.

If you're waiting for a positive result from this court case then I'm afraid you'll be waiting for a very long time. Perhaps when hell freezes over or John Reid grows some hair.