Citizenship after marriage / civil partnership

Hello,

My ILR application finally got approved. As I know, whilst having the ILR if you are married to or a civil partner of a British citizen, you can apply for citizenship.

Can I simply propose my British partner, officially marry / be civil partner and right away apply for citizenship?

Thanks for all your help!

I believe the requirement is to be married to a British Citizen, and not Civil partner. You would need a wedding certificate as evidence, and data page and other pages of his/her British passport as evidence of citizenship.

If and when you cross the t's and dot the i's (literarily), then you can apply that same night.

Ticktack wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:18 pm

I believe the requirement is to be married to a British Citizen, and not Civil partner. You would need a wedding certificate as evidence, and data page and other pages of his/her British passport as evidence of citizenship.

If and when you cross the t's and dot the i's (literarily), then you can apply that same night.

You are wrong. You can apply if you are married or a civil partner. This is clearly stated on UKVIs website

@CR001 I get it and you're correct. The original Set M allows this. In a normal scenario, one would have had a LE , FLR then finally ILR on this road to settlement. So it would have been proven at those 3 stages that it's a true & subsisting relationship.

The OP's case seems to be different. Op wants to do this after obtaining ILR on a different path I reckon. How does OP then start to prove CP at this stage?

Maybe not utterly impossible to do but more straight forward if married.

Ticktack wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:38 pm

@CR001 I get it and you're correct. The original Set M allows this. In a normal scenario, one would have had a LE , FLR then finally ILR on this road to settlement. So it would have been proven at those 3 stages that it's a true & subsisting relationship.

The OP's case seems to be different. Op wants to do this after obtaining ILR on a different path I reckon. How does OP then start to prove CP at this stage?

Maybe not utterly impossible to do but more straight forward if married.

The requirment for citizenship is simply to be married to or in a civil partnership with a British citizen at the time of application to naturalise. The visa route to ILR is completely irrelevant.

so, right after I get my ILR, as soon as I get married officially with a British Citizen, I can apply for citizenship. This is what I understand.

erjeque wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:50 pm

so, right after I get my ILR, as soon as I get married officially with a British Citizen, I can apply for citizenship. This is what I understand.

Yes, provided you meet all the standard requirements, including being physically present in the UK exactly 3 years prior to the date you apply.

Yes same night you're married. Or if you can prove CP as well.

Ticktack wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:56 pm

Yes same night you're married. Or if you can prove CP as well.

You don't seem to understand what a civil partnership is. You seem to be confusing civil partnership with durable partnership; which is less straightforward to prove. I might be wrong in this assumption, and if so, please disregard the below.

For the benefit of anyone reading: A civil partnership in the UK is obtained after conducting a civil ceremony not dissimilar to a marriage ceremony. The process of getting a civil partnership is almost exactly the same as the process of getting married: You have to give notice, then you attend the ceremony. The Home Office gets notice in the case of foreign nationals, etc. It is really the same thing as a marriage ceremony, except for what it's called. A civil partnership has the same legal weight as a marriage. As such, after the ceremony you get a civil partnership certificate, signed by the couple and their witness and everything. So it's not about "proving civil partnership", it's about simply providing your civil partnership certificate, much in the same way married couples provide their marriage certificate.

@Kamoe, even a marriage has to be proved. I'm not confusing anything here. The OP doesn't sound like he/she is currently in one.
I was just clearing the air that it isn't simply by word of mouth. You have to prove it.
If you're British and have a child, you have to prove why that child is entitled to British Citizenship. Either by your status (passport, ILR or naturalisation) or birth certificate if Born before "Jus Soli" was scrapped.

Everything needs to be proved!

Ticktack wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 23, 2022 4:38 pm

@Kamoe, even a marriage has to be proved. I'm not confusing anything here. The OP doesn't sound like he/she is currently in one.
I was just clearing the air that it isn't simply by word of mouth. You have to prove it.
If you're British and have a child, you have to prove why that child is entitled to British Citizenship. Either by your status (passport, ILR or naturalisation) or birth certificate if Born before "Jus Soli" was scrapped.

Everything needs to be proved!

Sure, as I said, disregard if does not apply; I made the comment for the interest of anyone reading.