CR001 wrote:hi,can u read this please...:u need 3 years residency,so if u just got your ILR,U HAVE to wait 12 months then u can apply for citizenship...
@ukforever - the advice you gave above is incorrect as the OP has been legally resident for 9 years and therfore able to apply immediately after ILR for BC and it is not a requirement to be married to a BC for the 3 year residence requirement, ANY legal status counts. I applied with a combination of ancestry and spouse visa/ILR after 3 years with no problems.
hi,just to make sure i'm not getting it wrong,look at this link from the ukba:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/briti ... ofcitizen/
and this is on the new immigration rules,the OP case is regarding the old rules,nevertheless,u are right in your input,but i'm not sure the OP can use her 9 years residency,sure for the 7years+2 years spouse visa,she could have gained settled status( ILR )after 5 years residency then she could have applied for BC,but i'm not sure how she can combine or if even possible if no one knows what kind of visa she had or why she did not get ILR after legally living in the uk for 5 years ..!!then after 7 years living legally here she got a spouse visa and she had to get her ILR witch she did get,so ..!!i don't know..can u explain..?
maybe she need to go to the CAB and ask,just to make sure,we are not lawyers nor advisers so unless someone is sure 100% we are just talking then,immigration rules are complex and difficult to understand and they keep changing them all the time,and everyone has a special case,no case is like other and anybody can misinterpret the laws,best for her is to get advice from citizen advice bureau..this is the best advice i would give to the OP..and she should do that rather than listening to us,and we may be all wrong..because if she apply and she get refused she will loose the fees,and there is no going back.
