Just Married my Filipino Fiance, what visa next?

[sdm]

Hi Everyone,

can anybody just clarify the sequence of British Residency or Citizenship?

is it for example Fiance Visa then FLR for 2 and a half years then another FLR for another 2 and a half years then ILR after 5 years?

After 5 years can my wife then get a British Passport? Seems like a long and expensive process.....

sdm.

[marksroomspain]

Hi Everyone,

can anybody just clarify the sequence of British Residency or Citizenship?

is it for example Fiance Visa then FLR for 2 and a half years then another FLR for another 2 and a half years then ILR after 5 years?

After 5 years can my wife then get a British Passport? Seems like a long and expensive process.....

sdm.

Yes you are correct after fiance visa FLR for 30 months then again for another 30 months then finally ILR and on top of that is the NHS surcharge on top of each of the applications for FLR of an extra £500 but not for ILR.

No your wife cannot apply for a british passport after ILR she first has to jump through one more final hoop of the Naturalisation process which adds an additional £1,156 at 2016/17 rates and plans for further hikes in the future.

Like you said very expensive indeed but as quoted by the former Home Secretary Theresa May "It's not a right to become British but a privilege" Ha Ha what a laugh by the Tory hierarchy...