Residential requirement
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:14 pm
Hi
On the residential requirement for my wife, she has been in the UK since May 2008.
We had ILR granted in Nov 2011 and she was a dependent till then.
Since she has been in the UK for more than 5 years, she would qualify wouldnt she?
Or is it mandatory to be present for 5 years in UK and then 1 year on ILR>
To in total minimum 6 years she should be in UK ?
This is what is mentioned in the UKBA website:
Residential requirements
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation, you must have:
-been resident in the UK for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
-been present in the UK five years before the date of your application; and
-not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period; and
-not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
-not been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the five-year period.
On the residential requirement for my wife, she has been in the UK since May 2008.
We had ILR granted in Nov 2011 and she was a dependent till then.
Since she has been in the UK for more than 5 years, she would qualify wouldnt she?
Or is it mandatory to be present for 5 years in UK and then 1 year on ILR>
To in total minimum 6 years she should be in UK ?
This is what is mentioned in the UKBA website:
Residential requirements
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation, you must have:
-been resident in the UK for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
-been present in the UK five years before the date of your application; and
-not spent more than 450 days outside the UK during the five-year period; and
-not spent more than 90 days outside the UK in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
-not been in breach of the Immigration Rules at any stage during the five-year period.