im pretty certain she cannot apply until sept 2009 thenOriginally Posted by cheesewiz
http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/bri...drequirements/
Residential requirements
To demonstrate the residential requirements for naturalisation you need to:
* have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least five years (this is known as the residential qualifying period); and
* have been present in the United Kingdom five years before the date of your application; and
* have not spent more than 450 days outside the United Kingdom during the five year period; and
* have not spend more than 90 days outside the United Kingdom in the last 12 months of the five-year period; and
* have not been in breach of the immigration rules at any stage during the five-year period.
maybe this is where your friends got the 5yrs from ??
but reading further..
immigration time restrictions
You must be free from immigration time restrictions when you make your naturalisation application. Unless you are married to or the civil partner of a British citizen, you should have been free from immigration time restrictions during the last 12 months of the residential qualifying period.
so you need to have ILR at least a year,
so 5 yrs on a work permit to get ilr, then a further 1 yr = 6 yrs
