Citizenship Regret
#17
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Why would you do thay? Apply for your citizenship, but why complicate things?
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I’ve read through the form AN guidance booklet and it clearly states that applicants who are not spouses of UK citizens need to intend to reside in the UK. However this requirement is not listed in the requirements for spouses. It’s also on the legislative.gov.uk website in the actual British Nationality Act 1948 as far as I can see.
So with that said, as a spouse of a UK citizen why would stating intention to not reside in the UK be grounds for refusal?
Thanks so much for your input!! As I said I want to be absolutely sure about this so if I’ve missed something please let me know!!
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I’ve just replied to Dorothy with my findings after doing more research today. What do you reckon? Everyone is saying not to say Canada but I can’t understand why if it’s not a requirement to intend to reside here? I don’t get it. It’s in the Nationality Act itself.
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Do whatever you want to do. However if it was me I would be keeping things simple. IMO if Brit in Paris says keep it simple then that's the advice I would take.
#22
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For those naturalising under S.6(2) of the British Nationality Act 1981 (i.e. you) you are correct in saying that there is no requirement for you to intend to reside in the UK after naturalisation. If you wish to put 'Canada' then that's up to you.
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If only it were simple eh?! Seems like nothing is cut and dry in the immigration world. Obviously I don’t want to complicate things, I’m just concerned about my intentions coming into question. Now I really don’t know what to do.
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They don’t make it easy for us do they?!
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By not wanting to lie about my intentions and risk being banned from applying for 10 years? I don’t think they make it straightforward and clear cut. If they did there wouldn’t have to be these forums for people to ask endless questions on don’t u think?!
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Thanks again to both of you (and everyone else who replied) for your time and patience.
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We are rapidly approaching that time of the year when applications typically take longer to process. Anything that seems out of the ordinary MAY mean that your application is set to the side to be reviewed a second time.
I totally agree with everyone who said don't complicate it. I fully subscribe to KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid; that works for most things involving any government agency.
I totally agree with everyone who said don't complicate it. I fully subscribe to KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid; that works for most things involving any government agency.
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Looking at it from this perspective you can see that you are being over scrupulous on this point.