Naturalisation - Spouse (over 450 days away with medical letter)

[suriips450]

Hi,

I am currently on ILR since last 12 months through Tier 2 General 5yrs, now ready to go for Naturalisation.

My Wife has got ILR at the same time when I got mine albeit she was away from UK for over 15 months, that was with a medical letter from India and evidence from NHS showing that was due to medical issues.

Now, including that 15 months & 8 days, she is also away this Year for 7 Weeks, that will make her time away from UK to just over 17 months (510 days). By using same medical evidence support documents, will UKVI grant naturalisation for her OR should I wait for 3 years from the date that I get my Naturalisation done and then apply her's as a spouse of British citizen please?

I would be grateful if you could let me benefit from your knowledge/expertise.

Thanks

[CR001]

What year or what are the exact dates of her absence?

You are misunderstanding the 3 year BC spouse issue. Nowhere does it state she must have been married to a BC for the whole 3 years. You only need to be BC at the time of her application.

You would be asking for discretion and HO do not have to use discretion. If you take a chance and apply and it is refused, you lose the fee. There are no appeal rights for citizenship applications either.

[suriips450]

Hi CR001,

Many thanks for the response, much appreciate it.

She initially joined me in the UK 10/05/2012, then left UK 01/08/2014, got back to UK 08/11/2015, got ILR 28/10/2016 and away from UK again between 29/06/2017 and 20/08/2017.

To play safe, I will stick with what you said earlier.

What is naturalisation process timescale please? UKVI taking full 6 months or processing in well less than 6 months?

Thanks again.

[CR001]

Timescales vary, sometimes a couple of months, sometimes 6 months or longer.