Naturlisation question for ILR holder

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:45 pm

I was on asylum and got my ILR after ILR last year in Nov 2008 after 8 years.

My question is when would i be eligible for naturlisation?

Some ppl say i need to wait for another 5 years and some say i can apply in Nov 2009.

Which statement is true??

republique · Post by **republique** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:55 pm

hamid84 wrote:I was on asylum and got my ILR after ILR last year in Nov 2008 after 8 years.

My question is when would i be eligible for naturlisation?

Some ppl say i need to wait for another 5 years and some say i can apply in Nov 2009.

Which statement is true??

Thats right

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:31 pm

What is right??

I can apply after 5 years OR
1 year?

republique · Post by **republique** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 6:44 pm

hamid84 wrote:What is right??

I can apply after 5 years OR
1 year?

5 years

Post by **John** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:40 pm

hamid84, this is actually quite a complicated matter. You need to appreciate that throughout the 5 year period, up to when you apply for your Naturalisation, you need to have been "legal". Clearly you have been "legal" since the ILR was issued ... but before that?

You need to explain a lot more. When you arrived in 2001, when did you apply for asylum? Immediately on arrival? If not, how much later? Also, when you applied for asylum, did you have a valid visa at that time of applying?

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:29 am

Hi John,

I arrived on 6 Dec 2000. Had valid visitor visa.. Applied asylum in person after 2 days of arrival.

Never stayed as illegal.. Yes deportation order was served in 2005 but after 5 days struggle we came out.

Granted asylum and ILR in November 2008.

Lots of family n Friends have applied for naturlisation after being granted asylum... How did they do it?

Hope i have answered all questions...

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 5:36 pm

John, I am still waiting!!!!

hmm · Post by **hmm** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:33 pm

You'll have to live in the UK legally 5 years before you can apply for naturalisation. You can apply for it straight away as you've been here longer than that.

Good luck

republique · Post by **republique** » Mon Apr 27, 2009 11:38 pm

hamid84 wrote:Hi John,

I arrived on 6 Dec 2000. Had valid visitor visa.. Applied asylum in person after 2 days of arrival.

Never stayed as illegal.. Yes deportation order was served in 2005 but after 5 days struggle we came out.

Granted asylum and ILR in November 2008.

Lots of family n Friends have applied for naturlisation after being granted asylum... How did they do it?

Hope i have answered all questions...

Sorry you were not on a visitor visa, then applied for asylum and then served with a deportation order. The deportation order indicates possibly having an illegal status. Why were you served a deportation order?

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:08 am

In Dec 2005, HO tried to remove us and we were then taken to detention centre where we spent 5 days but later came out.

Does that mean we were served with deportation order?

We all had valid Visitor VISA when arrived and then claimed asylum.

republique · Post by **republique** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:40 am

hamid84 wrote:In Dec 2005, HO tried to remove us and we were then taken to detention centre where we spent 5 days but later came out.

Does that mean we were served with deportation order?

We all had valid Visitor VISA when arrived and then claimed asylum.

You said you were served a deportation order.
There is no visitor visa for 8 years.
You have to know the basis of the deportation order, now really?

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 8:41 pm

I did mention that i was on Asylum, not visitor

republique · Post by **republique** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:03 pm

hamid84 wrote:I did mention that i was on Asylum, not visitor

Sure if you want to go around in circles, you won't get much resolution.
What did the deportation order say exactly?

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:14 pm

As far as i can think of, we did not get any formal letter for deportation.

Immigration officers simply took us from home and told us we were going back to Home Country.

Does that help?

hmm · Post by **hmm** » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:20 pm

hamid84 wrote:As far as i can think of, we did not get any formal letter for deportation.

Immigration officers simply took us from home and told us we were going back to Home Country.

Does that help?

You were detained to be deported but you WEREN'T deported. correct?
Were you living legally before you got the ILR? may be on humanitarian protection ground or home office issued temporary visa every 6 months or so until they made a decisionon your asylum application.

Best to check your eligibility with your solicitor.

republique · Post by **republique** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:20 am

hmm wrote:
hamid84 wrote:As far as i can think of, we did not get any formal letter for deportation.

Immigration officers simply took us from home and told us we were going back to Home Country.

Does that help?
You were detained to be deported but you WEREN'T deported. correct?
Were you living legally before you got the ILR? may be on humanitarian protection ground or home office issued temporary visa every 6 months or so until they made a decisionon your asylum application.

Best to check your eligibility with your solicitor.

Put it this way, it wasn't a legal status but they weren't illegal.
IT was more like limbo. Based on the how it normally works, his stay doesn't qualify for citizenship 1 year after ILR.
You will have to wait for 5 years after ILR. And I agree with hmm
talk to your solicitor.

hamid84 · Post by **hamid84** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 9:47 am

Before we asylum application was just pending as normal and we were legal in the sense that we were provided house by NASS, studied and bla bla bla.

Solicitor said we can apply after 1 year but i don't believe his words thats why confirming here.

republique · Post by **republique** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:35 am

hamid84 wrote:Before we asylum application was just pending as normal and we were legal in the sense that we were provided house by NASS, studied and bla bla bla.

Solicitor said we can apply after 1 year but i don't believe his words thats why confirming here.

Then what do you want from us
I dont think so and I told you why
If your solicitor says othewise, and youdont believe it, get another solicitor

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