BRITISH Citizenship

HELLO everyone! It's me again it's been awhile! Hope you are all well!

My Filipino passport is running out and permit in 2023 so I really need to start with prepping with my paperwork. Life has been so hectic so this was always put in the back burner. I don't know where to start it all but Im so glad I've got this forum to come back to for advice.

Since I lost (during the move) my IELTS and Life in the UK test which I took several years ago, which is kinda annoying really, I've had to take both again and was LUCKY I passed on both. My question is we moved in October last year here in Penarth in Wales. So it has been only roughly 9 months since we moved here, we were living in Bounrnville, Brum for 5 years and Winchester 5 years as well. Correct me if I'm wrong but I know we need to live in the current address for 3 years right? What should I do?

Also can anyone share their requirements they submitted recently for the British citizenship?

Thanks guys so much in advance!

Quennie

what does it say in the onlione application form ?

No it doesn’t say you have to live at your current address for 3 years the rules state you have to be present in the UK for 3 years prior to your application ( permitted level of absenteeism eg holidays)

ahh brilliant! thank you!! just going through it all! i have all my requirements ready. DO we still need my hubs financial stuff as well? im a Stay at home mom, hopefully to start my own events business when my daughter is full time in school this year but yes been a SAHM for years!

No financial information required.
Do you go home often? There is a reason I ask this to do with passports

Not every year probs every 2-3 years ? But the last time I went home was 2019 for hubs 40th and its always like 14 days.
Btw I moved here and got married 2011. Got my card 2013. It will be valid until December 2023.

would hospital letters and appointments as well? Me and hubs went through private fertility treatments for years before we had a successful one , we got our daughter 2018... We had loads of letters and records.

Think they get most of residence information from the passport copies that you have to submit. They are looking for two things:

1. Where you in the UK either three years ago to the day and this is to the day so if on holiday three years ago need to wait until the day three years ago when you returned to UK.
2. Have you been out of UK for more than I think 90 days in any one year period stepping back 365days at a time from date of application.

They will want to see details of passports and stamps over the relevant periods to confirm how much out of country.

yes

disagree on point one! if you are away from the UK but within the permitted number of days absent permitted within that 3 year period applying then this is fine.
You can apply for British citizenship by 'naturalisation' if you: are 18 or over. are married to, or in a civil partnership with, someone who is a British citizen. have lived in the UK for at least 3 years before the date of your application.

be cute with your passports!
You say yours is running out, here is a tip, once you get BC you retain your Philippines passport to the expiry date once it becomes invalid you lose your Philippines status.
So when you apply for BC if you have 6 months on your Philippines passport you will get your British Passport and hold you Philippines passport for 6 months and then lose it and will have to reapply to become a duel citizen (if thats what you want) however in your case if you apply for a new Philippines passport and get it then apply for BC you will have both passports for 10 years affording you and your husband tne rights to travel into the Philippines as you a Philippines national.

Excuse me gents. Can you please remove my account from the forum . And content posted. Thankyou very much.

so--that was the end of John Ash ?

Back to the thread topic pls

Can you not remove to elsewhere the irrelevant threads to the topic title to another place?