Probationary citizenship for 5 years

[darren-b]

I just read this news on BIA website. Is it going to be passed this Jan 2009? I am going to submit my application for citizenship this coming Jan 2009I am just wondering if this new bill or law will affect me at all?

For what I understand is people need to wait up to 10 years to get a British passport or are they going to scrap ILR and called it probationary citizenship? And to be British you need to do voluntary service. Im not sure if this 5 or 10 years rule applied to spouse of Brits?

Any idea?

The Bill is going to be presented to Parliament in January, but it's going to be a while (at least a few months, maybe longer) before the new rules are approved, so it won't affect you. The proposed rules aren't as bad as you suggest, but even so it's much better to apply as soon as possible. The only problem is there seems to be lots of people applying so don't expect to get your application processed that quickly.