Uk Passport For Thai With Ilr

[Brigante7]

Hi all,

My wife's friend has her ILR visa and is married to a UK national but has recently split up with him and divorce preceeding will start soon (Both were at fault), what my wife's friend asked me is, can she apply for a UK passport alone or does she need her husband to go with her?

Many thanks

Brigante7.

Edited September 26, 2009 by Brigante7

[Eff1n2ret]

Application for naturalisation as a British citizen precedes any such for a passport, but presumably that is what you mean. Assuming she has fulfilled the 3-year qualification, she can apply as long as she is still married to her husband at the time of the application.

Otherwise she waits a further 2 years until she has qualified in her own right.

[7by7]

Also, if she obtained her ILR before the introduction of the KOL requirement then she will need to satisfy this in order to apply for citizenship.

[Brigante7]

My wife's friend finished an ESOL course with citizenship to obtain her ILR and I understand that she has to obtain citizenship before she can obtain a UK passport. She has fulfiled the 3 year qualification period but was worried she would have to apply for first citizenship then a UK passport with her husband actualy being there but as long as she is legally still married then that is great, I'll pass it on to her.

Many thanks

Brigante7.