EU national becoming BC question

[hellothere19]

Hi all


Asking on behalf of a friend...
She is a EU national living in UK for over 30 years. She is married to a UK citizen and has British children.
She is planning to become a UK citizen, I advised her to get PR first
However, she has an old letter from HO dated 1990 stating the HO is granting her in indefinite leave?
Will this letter still be valid and can she straight away apply for BC?

Other issue is how to proof she has been resident here. She never worked (she is very well off financially from her side), and needs to proof her residence without any P60's etc. She only has bank statements and utility bills, will that be sufficient? I told her about hospital letters , gp appointments etc but she never kept these letters.
Because her husband is British, does she still have to proof her residence?


TIA

[alterhase58]

The letter is valid and will be accepted by UKVI - no need to apply for anything else (speaking from own experience with my paperwork going back to 1985). And as the spouse of a British citizen she only has to prove three years residence. The documents you quote and anything else official will probably be ok. Also she will have to do the English B1 and Life in the UK tests.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

[hellothere19]

The letter is valid and will be accepted by UKVI - no need to apply for anything else (speaking from own experience with my paperwork going back to 1985). And as the spouse of a British citizen she only has to prove three years residence. The documents you quote and anything else official will probably be ok. Also she will have to do the English B1 and Life in the UK tests.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... en-form-an

Thanks, yes of course she has to do the 2 tests, she is just worried about the residence requirement.