Residential requirements for ILR.

[Tier1immigrant]

Hi,

I am on Tier 1 (General) and my ILR will be due in June 2014. I have a job offer from a UK employer, but the 1st 2 years will be working around the globe for training. before settling back in UK.
I was looking at the UKBA website and could see the following standard requirements for Naturalisation.
1. not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period; and
2. not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and

I am a bit confused if these apply to ILR application or British passport application after 1 year of ILR? So my questions are:

1. What does naturalisation mean? (ILR or British passport?) Or do these requirements apply to both ILR and Passport stage?

2. Since I will be working for a UK employer, would my physical presence be equally important?

I have not spent any day outside UK for the last 4 years, so wanted to plan.

Any help/guidance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Tier 1 immigrant

[cs95tdg]

I would suggest that you read the information available under the FAQ sticky posts below to begin with. Note that you need to apply for ILR first. You can only apply for Citizenship one year after you have been granted ILR as a economic migrant.

1) FAQ for ILR:
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=79378

2) FAQ for Citizenship
http://www.immigrationboards.com/viewtopic.php?t=95747