Citizen Application Last Hoop

[Bill]

My Wife Yao is in the process of appling for citizenship and would like some help we are not sure if we have the right visa`s
First Visa C-Visit 11/01/05 11/07/05 Bangkok
Second Visa Wife -Spouse MULT19/12/05 19/12/07 Bangkok
Third Residence Permit 16/01/08 15/01/10 Croydon
over three Years we have been out of UK for 101 Days holidays Thailand will this be enough Thanks for your help my last Hurdle
Bill

[galahad]

Hi Bill, I take it your wife came here on a Visit visa 11/01/05 then got a spouse visa 19/12/05 and was granted an ILR (resident) visa on the 16/01/08 ?
If this is true then your wife could have applied for citizenship immediately after getting her ILR as she was in the country on a visit visa 3 years before 11/01/05 - 11/07/05.
The 101 days over 3 years seems fine;as long as your wife didn,t stay out the Uk for more than 90 days in the 3rd and final year of her qualifying period.

[Bill]

Thanks galahad but wife had to go to collage to get her Qualifications
as follows English for speakers of other languages;Everday Date 07/2008 level 3
Communication
English for Speakers of other Languages; transactional Context Date 07/2008 level 3
English for Speakers of other Languages; transactional Context Date 07/2008 Level 2

English for Speakers of other Languages; 07/2008 level 3 Credit 6
Everyday Communication.

English for Speakers of other Languages Date07/2008 Level 3 Credit 6
Transactional Contexts

English for Speakers of other Languages 07/2008 Level 2 Credit 12
Transactional Contexts Hope this is all we need Thanks for your time Bill

[John]

Bill, I have read and re-read your posts, and cannot see that your wife has her ILR. Am I correct? If I am, she cannot apply for British Citizenship before she obtains her ILR.

Also, those courses, was there any Citizenship content in any of the courses. Courses that are merely ESOL are insufficient for the purpose, and she cannot apply for even ILR, let alone Citizenship.

[ddwjg]

Bill, I have read and re-read your posts, and cannot see that your wife has her ILR. Am I correct? If I am, she cannot apply for British Citizenship before she obtains her ILR.

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Bill, I'm afraid I agree with John. You mention in your opening post, that the third visa is only 2 years duration. An ILR (Indefinite Leave to Remain) has no finishing date. I think you have FLR (Further Leave to Remain) which does not entitle her to apply for citizenship. If only you'd checked on here before you applied for her third visa. You could have got ILR then.

Dave.

[Bill]

Thanks everybody back to the drawing board
What form do we need for indefinite leave to remain?
And how much will it cost and how soon can we apply for Citizenship

[galahad]

Once your wife has ILR she could apply for citizenship immediately..she will have been in the country for 5 yrs plus(taking for granted the earliest she can get her ILR being sometime in 2010).
Probably gone up now but ILR 'was' £750 and citizenship 'was' £650....a good win on the lottery needed !

[Vinny]

Thanks everybody back to the drawing board
What form do we need for indefinite leave to remain?
And how much will it cost and how soon can we apply for Citizenship

I think that she may apply for SET(M) now, if she has already satisfied the KOL provisions.

Cost of applying

Subsequently, naturalisation.

[John]

What form do we need for indefinite leave to remain?

I am not convinced that your wife can (yet) apply for ILR. Please reread my post of nearly 24 hours ago. Citizenship content of any of those courses? A certificate to prove it?

[Bill]

Letter From Collage as follows
T is to confirm That the above student has Attendeda course at dundee Collage in ESOL and Citizship during session 2007/8
He/She made progress and completed the following SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) ESOL Units(S)

ESOL Access 2 Transactional Context F1AD 08
ESPL ACCESS 3 Everyday Communication DV34 09
ESOL ACCESS Transactional Contexts F1AS 09

All SQA ESOL units focus on the skills of Speaking Listening Reading & Writing and include citizenship material. The SQA certifcate for all SQA units are issued August, subject to acceptance bthe SQA of these Results
Is this enough
Bill

[Tobias]

That looks good to me Bill

Presumably the certificates are now in your possession?

[Bill]

Yes the are Thanks a lot two more hurdles to go

[John]

Bill, I agree, those certificates look OK for an ILR application.

two more hurdles to go

I think three :-

• ILR application
• Naturalisation application
• British Passport application

Then you will have completed the set!

[Bill]

ILR application in pos,t where do they get off charging so much for a piece of paper but needs must, my wife will have to dowithout her ten sets of new shoes this year and not yt mention her new handbags thanke to you all for yout help Bill