I was just looking over the required documentation for citizenship, and got a pleasant surprise. I thought it would be like ILE/ILR, with all the bills and bank statements showing proof of address and living with spouse, etc. Seems there’s nothing there at all of that sort, except documents relating to employment, or bank statements if you are self-sufficient (I suppose that means either with pots of money, or the other spouse is the main wage earner).
Have I missed something? Does this mean we don’t have to insist on having both names on all the utilities? Does it mean we can go paperless on bills after all, and stop hoarding every scrap of paper with my/his name and address on it? Okay, it’s still three years off, but utility companies are giving discounts for paperless, and I’d rather be green anyway.
The only other thing that puzzled me was having to show proof of “sickness insurance” (for self-sufficient persons). Why would we need that, if ILE/ILR gives us full rights to use the NHS?