British citizenship will take 5 years now

[Tiggers0608]

oooopppss luckily i read it again .....

all who got spouse visa still get extension after 2 years staying here in UK for their visa to become ILR/permanent resident visa in UK then after 12 months off the immigration control they can apply for british citizenship. Hooray for us

[darren-b]

oooopppss luckily i read it again .....

all who got spouse visa still get extension after 2 years staying here in UK for their visa to become ILR/permanent resident visa in UK then after 12 months off the immigration control they can apply for british citizenship. Hooray for us

Not sure where you are reading this from but there is a new bill going through the UK government at the moment that means that unless you meet the activity requirement (voluntary work?) it will take you 5 years of living in the UK to get British citizenship if married to a British citizen (8 years if you aren't married). Meeting the activity requirement will reduce the time by two years (ie back to 3 for anyone married to a British citizen).

No idea yet what the activity requirement is going to mean.

[joebloggs]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7829265.stm

the bill has a second reading on the 29th of jan, when will it become law and how will it effect people who have ilr ?


12 hrs community service over a year , not much, but still

[darren-b]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7829265.stm

the bill has a second reading on the 29th of jan, when will it become law and how will it effect people who have ilr ?


12 hrs community service over a year , not much, but still

Thought it had to go through the Houses of Lords next? (it's only going through the House of Commons at the moment).

12 hours isn't a lot, but I guess it depends how much you value your spare time, and what they have you doing for the 12 hours.

[Alan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7829265.stm

the bill has a second reading on the 29th of jan:

That's because they have to read it twice to understand the big words.

Surely Brown has hit total rock bottom now!!

http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 2/hi/uk_news/ politics/ 7835302.stm

Al.

[joebloggs]

your right there Al, no one really knows whats going to happen ........... , everything will take longer and cost more, i think thats all we need to know