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I am a little confused regarding the my spouse's eligibility for ILR/British Citizenship.
I have obtained my British citizenship April 2017 and my wife is still under the visa category of Tier 1 Dependent visa (till Aug 2018). My wife has been in the UK for over 3 years now. My question is can she apply for Naturalization skipping the ILR or she has to apply for ILR first and only then can apply for naturalization?

I am getting conflicting answers where in below link it says she must have ILR.
https://www.gov.uk/becoming-a-british-c ... sh-citizen

and in the below link, under Residence requirements: 6(2) it does not mention anything about obtaining ILT before naturalization.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... n-v1.0.pdf

She needs ILR before she can apply for citizenship.

To get ILR, she needs 5 years residence.

pulok.paul wrote:and in the below link, under Residence requirements: 6(2) it does not mention anything about obtaining ILT before naturalization.
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... n-v1.0.pdf

Yes, it does.

Residence requirements: 6(2)
The residence requirements which someone applying under section 6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 are that the applicant was:
• in the UK at the beginning of the period of 3 years ending with the date of application
• not absent from the UK for more than either:

• o 270 in that 3 year period
  o 90 days in the period of 12 months ending with the date of application

• not, on the date of the application subject under the immigration laws to any restriction on the period of stay in the UK
• not, at any time in the period of 3 years ending with the date of application in breach of immigration laws

The underlined sentence means that the applicant must hold ILR or PR.

All naturalisation applications, whether your spouse is a British citizen or not, require the applicant to hold either ILR or PR before the application is made.

Thank you for the clarification.

If the applicant come under Residence requirements: 6(2) Is it safe to apply for ILR now(completed 3.5yrs) or complete 5 years and then apply for ILR.
Note - I(primary applicant) am already a British citizen.

She needs 5 years residence before she is eligible to apply for ILR.

Once she has ILR only then can she apply for citizenship.

Thanks a lot for the clarification.