Does my wife have to apply for British Citizenship ?
Answer:
She would not qualify for UK citizenship yet, I'm afraid.
I take it that she has been on a two-year visa following your marriage. Her next step is to apply for Indefinite Leave to Remain, within 28 days of the two years finishing. If you were married abroad, and she came on a spouse visa, she may need to apply for an extension first.
After a year with ILR she can apply for UK citizenship, but she must not have spent more than ninety days of the last year out of the country. I'm afraid the whole process, while relatively straightforward, may be longer and more expensive than you had realised. However, it is essential that all steps are followed correctly to avoid serious hassles. If in any doubt, you should consult a Citizens Advice Bureau or solicitor. Unless your wife already has ILR based on some other visa (HSMP, for example) then no, there is no other route.
As a previous poster said, ILR is all she needs to continue living in the UK, but it could be lost, for example if she was away for two years. In my opinion, it is best to work toward full citizenship. Many of the "foreign prisoners" that did for Charles Clarke were in fact people with ILR who had never bothered to take the last step. They are now being systematically deported!
Check
http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/6353/11...
http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/servlet/front?...
Good luck.
My wife is from America and she lives with me in England. No you do not have to get citizenship. Your wife can get a permanent residency visa.
I married my wife in England in 2002 and in 2003 she had to leave the country so we went to the British Consulate in Chicago and got her a residency visa which is at first a temporary one which is valid for 2 whole years.
She had to bring evidences of our communications, living address evidence and that we were married.
It only took less than 10 mins at the Consulate to get approved for us. Basically just have all the paperwork you need for them to rubber stamp it and the cash.
2006 when her temporary residency visa reached it's expiry time and we went to the British Consulate in Solihull Birmingham and again with paperwork proof that we were still married and living together and proofs of residence. Then we paid the fee and they okay'd it and she got her indefinate stay residency visa. So she can stay as a resident in England indefinately as opposed to a citizen.
The difference is with residency is that my wife is not allowed to claim from public funds, such as government social security benefits. My wife gets free NHS treatment and she got a job and and a bank account so she had her National Insurance number too.
Basically, if you want to go through this soon then go for residency as it makes little difference in your normal day to day life. Your child if British will get full benefits anyway.
One thing though is keep every letter, correspondence, even print emails and get all the proof you can think of to show that you live at an address, that you live together. It would be good for your wife to have formal mail with her name on it too.
You can never get too much but you can have too little.
The application form for the visa tells you exactly what you need.
if you want anything else in information than contact me at webboffin_uk@yahoo.co.uk
As far as I know you still have to pay. I am south african and my husband is british so I've had the same thing. But I have to pay around £350 (unless it has gone up?) to get a british passport. I haven't done it yet because wiht our two children (their fee is half the adult fee each) it adds up. I have been living here for 8 years on my 'leave to remain indefinitely' visa and it's been fine. I would like a uk passport for travelling but otherwise it's not necessary. I got the forms online from the UK passport site, the fees are there if you want to checkagain.
www.ukpassportadvisor.com
www.ukpi.org
Good luck!
What an interesting question - only this morning I received a proposal of marriage from a young lady who lives in Russia. She does not mention her age but her photo makes her look in the 20 - 25 bracket. (I'm 72) I have no idea where she picked up my E-mail address. She says she likes my structure. Has she somehow got hold of a picture of my council flat, or my dog kennel made from old stillage pallets she admires, or has she seen a photo of me in my swimming cossie? I'm a little bit lost re this late offer to start a family with me... What would others advise, sorry if I have hi-jacked another question...... Pat Erbum.
Not unless she want to get British Citizenship.
one thing to add: if you are a British citizen and she gets the permanent settlement, she does not need to have ILR for 1 year that ONLY applies to the 5 year rule for naturalisation. Ppl often confuse this.
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