Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
no i don't think so, in your case its 5yrs workpermit,then ilr, and you can apply for citizenship 1 yr after that , so 6yrs in total

maybe your friends are married to brits ?

because its 3yrs for a spouse, 2yrs to ilr then 1 yr after that citizenship.. (so you have been 3yrs in the uk also have ilr)

but say your friend was on a work permit and had been here more than 1 yr, and then she married a Brit, she could apply for ilr after 2 yrs and also citizenship !, because she has been 3yrs or more in the uk. (so you will have been 3yrs or more in the uk also have ilr)
how about my filipina friend (actually, we're not that friends) she is married to Brit and got her ILR Nov last year I think. Last xmas I saw her on a party asking me if she can apply for Brit citizen already. Before that she's been here on a work permit (Domestic Helper) before she met her Brit husband. She left her employer then her visa runs out so she's been overstayer here in 2006. So, she went back to Phils and applied a fiancee visa then get married here in UK.

To make the story short, is she qualified to apply as a British citizenship since she's been here for morethan 5 years already just that she's been an overstayer once?