British citizenship.

anthony1 · Post by **anthony1** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:31 pm

My wife is a Filipino married to a Irish man from Northern Ireland.
My wife enter the U.K. on a 6 months spouse visa. Then later applied for a 5 year residence card which is valid until 8th december 2013.
Can my wife them apply for U.K. citizenship has pass the government U.K.
English test.
What documents do we need to apply so my wife can become a U.K. citizen.

Post by **geriatrix** » Wed May 25, 2011 2:38 pm

anthony1 wrote:My wife is a Filipino married to a Irish man from Northern Ireland.
My wife enter the U.K. on a 6 months spouse visa. Then later applied for a 5 year residence card which is valid until 8th december 2013.
Can my wife them apply for U.K. citizenship has pass the government U.K.
English test.
What documents do we need to apply so my wife can become a U.K. citizen.

If the husband is not a British citizen, then the wife cannot apply for naturalisation until she has held PR (settled status) for at least 1 year.

From the timeline given in the "signature", it appears that the wife will be eligible for PR only after Sep 2012.

anthony1 · Post by **anthony1** » Wed May 25, 2011 3:10 pm

Thank you for your replied i should have said that i am U.k. subject living in Northern Ireland we are all call irish here.
Can my Filipino wife apply for P.R. after her 5 year residence runs out in 2013. My wife enter the U.K. sept 2007.
How to we apply for the Pr is it the same process that we had to go through to get the 5 year residence card.

Post by **geriatrix** » Wed May 25, 2011 3:20 pm

Are you a British citizen?

Post by **vinny** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:48 am

anthony1 wrote:i have dual citzenship but i choose to be irish born in n. ireland. I married my wife from the filipino under theEEC spouse visa. We both live in n.ireland my wife has a five residence visa valid to dec 2013. My wife would like to come a british citzenship do i also have to give up my irish passport and apply for British passport?

anthony1 · Post by **anthony1** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:25 pm

vinny wrote:
anthony1 wrote:i have dual citzenship but i choose to be irish born in n. ireland. I married my wife from the filipino under theEEC spouse visa. We both live in n.ireland my wife has a five residence visa valid to dec 2013. My wife would like to come a british citzenship do i also have to give up my irish passport and apply for British passport?

Post by **vinny** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 2:38 pm

If you're British, then you're wife may naturalise immediately after acquiring PR, provided all the requirements are met.

Subject to changes.

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