ILR finally granted!

I just received an email after more than 3 months of waiting! It was tough to wait every day!  

I got it as a spouse and now I want to apply for citizenship immediately as I have been here for more than 5 years. I read somewhere that I have to wait for one year after getting ILR in order to apply for citizenship, does that rule apply to spouse ILR too?

I just received an email after more than 3 months of waiting! It was tough to wait every day!  

I got it as a spouse and now I want to apply for citizenship immediately as I have been here for more than 5 years. I read somewhere that I have to wait for one year after getting ILR in order to apply for citizenship, does that rule apply to spouse ILR too?

Congratulations !

As you are married to a UK citizen, you do not have to wait to apply for citizenship. And you only have to show 3 years of UK residency.

So, you can apply as soon as you have your ILR BRP card.

If you were not married to a UK citizen, you would have to wait to apply for citizenship until you had held ILR for 12 months, and you would have to show 5 years of residency.


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great! That's really good news. I was just reading on their website and what you're saying is correct. Now I started calculating my days outside the UK