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Hello all,

Two Questions:

1. I am due to attend my citizenship ceremony and collect the certificate of naturalization soon. I applied online and paid £1349.20.

Am I correct in stating that, I have to apply online for a British Passport soon as I have my naturalization certificate and it can take up to 6 weeks to receive the British passport?

2. My wife is on Tier 1 General- Dependant visa and is due for ILR in October this year. Her immigration history is such that she was on her own Tier 1 General Visa since February 2011 and switched over as my dependant sometime in October 2014 because she took an extended maternity break.

Now, will she be eligible to apply for Naturalisation as the wife of a British Citizen as she has already completed 3 years residence in the UK? or will she have to acquire ILR and complete 12 months post-ILR to apply for naturalization?

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1. I am due to attend my citizenship ceremony and collect the certificate of naturalization soon. I applied online and paid £1349.20.
Am I correct in stating that, I have to apply online for a British Passport soon as I have my naturalization certificate and it can take up to 6 weeks to receive the British passport?

Yes. You can apply only after you attend your ceremony because that is when you officially become a British citizen.
The first passport could take up to 6 weeks but generally it takes 10-14 days

2. My wife is on Tier 1 General- Dependant visa and is due for ILR in October this year. Her immigration history is such that she was on her own Tier 1 General Visa since February 2011 and switched over as my dependant sometime in October 2014 because she took an extended maternity break.
Now, will she be eligible to apply for Naturalisation as the wife of a British Citizen as she has already completed 3 years residence in the UK? or will she have to acquire ILR and complete 12 months post-ILR to apply for naturalization?

She will be able to immediately apply for naturalisation after being granted ILR as the spouse of a British citizen

Thank you, Zimba. Much appreciate it.

O_Relly wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:05 pm

Am I correct in stating that, I have to apply online for a British Passport soon as I have my naturalization certificate and it can take up to 6 weeks to receive the British passport?

Yes, but it usually takes between 1-3 weeks to receive the British Passport after you have filled in an application.

O_Relly wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 02, 2019 11:05 pm

Now, will she be eligible to apply for Naturalisation as the wife of a British Citizen as she has already completed 3 years residence in the UK? or will she have to acquire ILR and complete 12 months post-ILR to apply for naturalization?

She can apply once she gets IRL (no need to wait 12 months), as married to BC after you've attended your Ceremony.