Uk Citizenship For Thai Wife

[japatee]

Hi

I am a British citizen and my Thai wife and I want to return to the UK. The aim is to get citizenship and a UK passport for my wife.

I have read that we need to reside in the UK for 3 years before we can apply and the take the tests.

What is less clear is what visa we (she) should apply for so that she can stay in the uk for those initial 3 years? Is this a residency visa? And is there a test that she needs to take to get that? And what is the cost for it?

I know the rules have changed recently, so I was hoping that someone who knows the procedure might be able to advise.

Some other questions:

My wife has a 10 year C-visit multiple entry visa that we have used several times already.. Can she use this to go to the uk first and apply from there, or should we apply from THailand?

Can she work for those initial 3 years? I guess this depends on the visa she gets but I'm not clear on what visa we should be applying for for this initial period.

Any help would be most welcomed

Thanks

[Richard W]

(Scrubbed - I hadn't seen this was a duplicate post.)

Edited January 5, 2013 by Richard W

[theoldgit]

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