The response from UKBA was appropriate .... your wife is yet to fulfill one of the requirements: You must be free from immigration time restrictions on the day you make your application. In other words, settled status (ILR). Yip - that's the line we missed :( I'm pretty sure we originally used FLR ...

Yes, your understanding is correct and what you say makes sense. I believe we were trying to apply under SET(O) (although I might be mistaken as I have looked at so many forms since then) and I did start looking at FLR(M) last night after hours of trolling the UKBA site. Not sure if this helps with ...

Then what was this application about Type of Permit : Spouse/Partner - Leave to Remain Expiry : 03-02-2015 Issued : 25-05-2012 Please tell us the form used for this application and why this application was made when your wife already had (dependant) leave until 2015. That was after we got married ...

What was your immigration status at the time you applied for British citizenship? Did you ever apply for ILR? If so, when was this issued? It's was the same as what it currently is, UK Ancestry - Leave to Remain. I applied based on the grounds of descent (actually Double Descent - my Grandfather ...

Hi, Hopefully someone can shed some light on this... I would just like to try and clarify what exactly the next step is for my wife in order for her to ultimately get a British Passport. As it stands at the moment, this is our current status. --------------------------- Both arrived in UK : 20/12 ...