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Hi,

I Came to England on Tier 2 Visa on 27th-March-2006. In 2008-March , I
got my Tier 1 & finally I got my UK ILR/PR on 1st- March-2011 .
All of my stay in UK was legal & my Stay out of UK during this Tenure
was around 160 Days .

I left for India On 3rd-March-2011 for around 6 months and returned back
to London on 17th-September-2011 .

So From 27th-March-2006 to 22nd-June-2012 (till date) my stay out of UK
is around 360 Days .

Keeping the above facts in mind ,When Can I apply for UK Citizenship at
earliest ?


A bit more Clarification required regarding this . According to the Web
Link:

The Residential requirement for citizenship is as follows:
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation, you must
have:

1.) been resident in the UK for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period);
2.) been present in the UK five years before the date of your application; and
3.) not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year
period; and
4.) not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
5.) not been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the
five-year period.

I am meeting all the Criteria on 1st-March-2012 except Point No 4 as I
was out of UK for around 195 days (From 4th-March to 16th-Sept).
It means I was not eligible for Citizenship on 01st-March-2012.Just need a bit more clarification regarding this.

Appreciate if you can tell me the earliest date when I can apply to be
successful ?


Thanks,

Raj

See also 5. Excess absences in the final year.

Hi,

Still did not get it ? Whether I am eligible at present to apply for Citizenship or not ? If no, when I will be able to apply meeting all the stay in UK requirement ?

Thanks,

Rajeev

Assuming you didn't travel outside the UK since your return on September 2011, then you could apply now as you meet (4) - in the last year (22/06/11-22/06/12) you have been less than 90 days outside the UK.